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Subject:  Re: how to detect if Windows or Linux is running?
Date:  Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:39:17 -0500
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Brian Dessent wrote:
> "H. S." wrote:
> 
> 
>>er .. how can I do that using SSH and non-interactively?
> 
> 
> The same way you'd run any ssh command?
> 
> if ssh host uname \| grep -q CYGWIN; then
> 	echo "it's running cygwin";
> else
> 	echo "it's not running cygwin";
> fi
> 

I was just now thinking about this. I just finished using "ssh host > 
out.dat" to debug why my rsync was not working. This made me think to 
use a command to know the OS for my purpose and while thinking about 
that read your mail!

Thanks for your suggestion,
->HS




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