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From: Larry Finger <Larry DOT Finger AT lwfinger DOT net>
Subject:  Re: Output of uname -s
Date:  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:29:05 -0500
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Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Larry Finger on 9/13/2005 9:25 PM:
> 
>>I know that 'uname -s' yields 'CYGWIN_NT-5.1' on Windows XP, but I am
>>writing a multi-platform makefile and need to find a method that will
>>work for all versions of Windows. What is the result of uname -s for
>>Windows 9X, Me, NT and 2K?
> 
> 
> If you don't care about which version of Windows, look at config.guess,
> which just compares against CYGWIN*.  And if you do care, all
> possible strings are available by reading the source code, in uname.cc and
> wincap.cc.
> 
Thanks. I got the answer from wincap.cc.


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