Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/09/11/19:22:05
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On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 08:57, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Paul Johnston wrote:
>=20
> > > No, I'm not. I'm incorporating Warren Young's suggestion. Unless so=
meone
> > > with ME can confirm that 'uname -s' returns CYGWIN_9*? Nicholas?
> >
> > To me that's a step backwards - uname -s or $OS are the correct ways to
> > detect the operating system. Warren's approach would be fooled if a use=
r
> > defined $SYSTEMROOT on Win 9x.
>=20
> Win 9x does not set $OS... At least my Win 98 machine at home doesn't.
> Besides, the user can always set $OS to fool the script,
Rule #1: The user knows better than the tool. If the user wants to fool
the script, they can, even with uname. If a user is doing that, assume
they have a reason and let them do it with grace.
Rob
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