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Could someone tell me the values of
System.getProperty( "os.name" )
for the various Windows architectures and Linux?

On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:10:59 GMT, wrote:

> Could someone tell me the values of
> System.getProperty( "os.name" )
> for the various Windows architectures and Linux?

Why does your app. need to know?

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wrote:
> Could someone tell me the values of
> System.getProperty( "os.name" )
> for the various Windows architectures and Linux?

It's not specified.

Practically speaking, you can count on the property to contain some
case-variant of "windows" for a Windows system, and "linux" for a Linux
system. However, I wouldn't count on more than that at all. For
example, it wouldn't suprise me if Windows 2000 reports itself as NT, or
some such thing.

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Andrew Thompson wrote:

> On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:10:59 GMT, wrote:
>
>> Could someone tell me the values of
>> System.getProperty( "os.name" )
>> for the various Windows architectures and Linux?
>
> Why does your app. need to know?

Sometimes you need to, in order to integrate better with the host OS. Like
when trying to open a webbrowser or filemanager for example.

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wrote in
news: om:

> Could someone tell me the values of
> System.getProperty( "os.name" )
> for the various Windows architectures and Linux?

Visit http://www.tolstoy.com/samizdat/sysprops.html
for a list of possible values.

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On Fri, 14 May 2004 18:40:12 GMT, Christophe Vanfleteren wrote:
> Andrew Thompson wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:10:59 GMT, wrote:
>>
>>> Could someone tell me the values of
>>> System.getProperty( "os.name" )
>>> for the various Windows architectures and Linux?
>>
>> Why does your app. need to know?
>
> Sometimes you need to, in order to integrate better with the host OS. Like
> when trying to open a webbrowser or filemanager for example.

Like so?
<http://www.physci.org/codes/display.jsp?fl=/edu/stanford/ejalbert/BrowserLauncher.java#468>

Yes, I realised it _might_ be something like that.

OTOH I asked in case it turns out to be..

"I want to store some options in the users
default directory and know that on XP it
is located..."

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"Real Gagnon" <realgagnon_@_yahooSpamIsBadSstripunderscore.com > wrote in
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> wrote in
> news: om:
>
> > Could someone tell me the values of
> > System.getProperty( "os.name" )
> > for the various Windows architectures and Linux?
>
> Visit http://www.tolstoy.com/samizdat/sysprops.html
> for a list of possible values.

"Windows XP" for widows xp professional (is not in the list above)

"Andrew Thompson" <> wrote in message
news:1oaq0h1w89428$... .
> On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:10:59 GMT, wrote:
>
> > Could someone tell me the values of
> > System.getProperty( "os.name" )
> > for the various Windows architectures and Linux?
>
> Why does your app. need to know?
>
I had one application that looked at this value so
I could print out a message that the program was or
was not tested on that OS.

On Sat, 15 May 2004 07:57:51 GMT, Liz wrote:
> "Andrew Thompson" <> wrote in message
>> On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:10:59 GMT, wrote:
...
>>> System.getProperty( "os.name" )
...
>> Why does your app. need to know?
>>
> I had one application that looked at this value so
> I could print out a message that the program was or
> was not tested on that OS.

Good point. BrowserLauncher uses it as well..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/display.jsp?fl=/edu/stanford/ejalbert/BrowserLauncher.java#202>

There are certainly valid uses for it, but consider..

<untested snippet>
if (s.equals("Mac OS")) {
eol = "\n";
} else if.. {
...
} else { // windows!!
eol = "\n\r";
}
</untested snippet>

...as yet, we do not know why the
OP needs the information, and most
of the reasons for wanting it,
are bad ones.

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"Andrew Thompson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 15 May 2004 07:57:51 GMT, Liz wrote:
> > "Andrew Thompson" <> wrote in message
> >> On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:10:59 GMT, wrote:
> ..
> >>> System.getProperty( "os.name" )
> ..
> >> Why does your app. need to know?
> >>
> > I had one application that looked at this value so
> > I could print out a message that the program was or
> > was not tested on that OS.
>
> Good point. BrowserLauncher uses it as well..
>
<http://www.physci.org/codes/display....bert/BrowserLa
uncher.java#202>
>
> There are certainly valid uses for it, but consider..
>
> <untested snippet>
> if (s.equals("Mac OS")) {
> eol = "\n";
> } else if.. {
> ...
> } else { // windows!!
> eol = "\n\r";
> }
> </untested snippet>
>
> ..as yet, we do not know why the
> OP needs the information, and most
> of the reasons for wanting it,
> are bad ones.
>
I just used it for CYA