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Re: Which Operating System Am I On? [message #3747 is a reply to message #3557]

Fri, 24 February 1995 15:01

rivers
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In article <3ij0iq$998@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, patterso@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu (Tim Patterson) writes:
> I am writing a tool that needs to work on a variety of operating Systems
> (e.g. Unix, OSF/1, Ultrix, VMS, etc.). If I can find out through IDL
> which system I am on, I could use some IF structures to chose when I have
> machine specific commands to perform (like SPAWNS). Is there any way to
> get this information. None of the system varaibles seem to store it?
>
Use the system variable !VERSION
IDL> help, /structure, !VERSION
** Structure !VERSION, 3 tags, length=24:
ARCH STRING 'alpha'
OS STRING 'vms'
RELEASE STRING '3.6.1a'

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