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Re: How do I tell what OS I'm running under?by Adam (Vicar) |
| on Jan 14, 2001 at 00:55 UTC ( [id://51675]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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The quick answer, which you have recieved, is that $^O contains
the "name" of the OS. This is actually imprecise.
Particularly,
the value of $^O is compiled in, but $^O = MSWin32 on all of:
Win95, 98, me, NT, and 2k. That isn't very helpful. Worse, $^O isn't
write protected, meaning that someone could stick "MSWin32" in there when
you were expecting "bsdos" or "solaris". Of course, for the most part $^O is sufficient.
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