Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 1998 18:05:43 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id:	<199803030205.SAA00946@adit.ap.net>
Mime-Version:	1.0
To:	jmillawa AT nimbus DOT ocis DOT temple DOT edu (John Millaway), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From:	Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject:	Re: Is there an OS-specific #defined symbol?

At 08:01  3/2/1998 GMT, John Millaway wrote:
>Real quick question: 
>Is there a #defined symbol which will tell me "Hey, you are on windows NT"?

AFAIK, no.
>
>Reason I think that I need it:
>I have a project with lots of files, mostly being worked on under unix. 
>Part of the work, my part, will be done under NT.
>Many of the files are not in the 8.3 DOS format expected by make under NT.
>If I could detect NT or even DJGPP, I could say (for example):

You can detect DJGPP with:

#ifdef __DJGPP__

>
>#if defined _WIN_NT_
>#include "Longfilename.blah.cpp"
>#else
>#include "Longfi~3.bla"
>#endif

If you're using DJGPP tools to do this, you should know that long file names
currently don't work under Windows NT, so you may not have a problem after all.
>
>I know this is a very awkward workaround, but at this point, it's better 
>than trying to reorganize the whole project around 8.3 filenames. If 
>there's a much better workaround, I'd LOVE to hear it.

Not at present, unfortunately.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net

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