<quote who="Paul D. Smith"> > %% Barry Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> The basename value of the COMSPEC variable should be enough; if == > >> cmd.exe then NT else DOS. You might wish a command line switch for > >> those who've replaced their windows shell with something else and > >> have changed the COMSPEC value; E.G. -O [DOS|NT]. > > bk> The environment variable: > > bk> OS=Windows_NT > > bk> is what you're looking for. >
The requirement is to know which shell cmd.exe or command.com. I can set COMSPEC=command.com on OS=Windows_NT. > I'm not sure relying on an environment variable for something as basic > as this is the best way to go, but ultimately it's up to you folks if > you think it's the right way. > COMSPEC is the equivalent to SHELL. It is available on DOS and Windows. I don't know if OS is. Earnie -- http://www.mingw.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw https://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?user_id=15438 _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
