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Skill Function to return the OS running

Khurana

I know about cdsPlat() but it's not suitable since it just returns "wint" - I'd like to know of a function that tells me what version of Windows I have got installed i.e. Win XP or Windows 7 without getting too creative.  Any pointers are appreciated!

  • eDave
    when(zerop(system("ver >os.version"))
                q = axlDMOpenFile("MISC", "os.version", "r")
                fscanf(q, "%s %s %s ", rubbish, platform, os)
                axlDMClose(q)
                deleteFile("os.version")
            )
  • Ejlersen

    Hi All

    Notice that you cannot be completely sure the output of "ver" is in the same format for different Windows Operating Systems.

    I've seen a response like Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.7600] (seen for Windows 7, eventhough google says it should say version 7)??

    For XP, I've seen Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

    So you would need another parameter to fscanf to get a more reliable result and also, you would need to test the version number to determine the correct OS

    Best regards

    Ole

  • Khurana

    Ole,

    I didn't check the output of "ver" on Win 7 before asking this question and yeah I have experienced the same problem.  So, instead of relying on the output of "ver" to figure out the os I used isDir() to check to see if C:\Program Files (x86) folder exists on the pc; if it does then it's a Win 7 otherwise it's Win XP.

    Regards,
    Varun

  • Khurana

    Btw, another engineer here had another idea: use output of "systeminfo", which is definitely better.

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