From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Ehud Karni" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Operating system in an emacs variable? Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:52:21 +0200 Organization: Mivtach-Simon Insurance agencies Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200303191152.h2JBqLFs008068@beta.mvs.co.il> References: Reply-To: ehud@unix.mvs.co.il NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048075450 8762 80.91.224.249 (19 Mar 2003 12:04:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:04:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Bastien Guerry Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 19 13:04:08 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18vcIh-0002H0-00 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:04:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18vc9L-0001TF-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 06:54:27 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18vc8X-0000ns-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 06:53:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18vc8Q-0000fs-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 06:53:31 -0500 Original-Received: from unix.sw.co.il ([192.114.178.12] helo=unix.mvs.co.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18vc7f-0000Dg-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 06:52:43 -0500 Original-Received: from beta.mvs.co.il (beta [10.253.0.3]) by unix.mvs.co.il (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2JBqMs25596; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:52:22 +0200 Original-Received: from beta.mvs.co.il (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beta.mvs.co.il (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h2JBqMvT008074; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:52:22 +0200 Original-Received: (from ehud@localhost) by beta.mvs.co.il (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id h2JBqLFs008068; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:52:21 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: beta.mvs.co.il: ehud set sender to ehud@unix.mvs.co.il using -f Original-To: "Carsten Dominik" In-reply-to: (message from Carsten Dominik on 19 Mar 2003 11:15:34 +0100) X-Mailer: Emacs 21.2.91.3 rmail (send-msg 1.108) Original-cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7710 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7710 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 19 Mar 2003 11:15:34 +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > I am looking for a variable or function in Emacs which gives me > information about the operating system the emacs process is running > on. Basically, I would like to know if I am running Linux or MacOSX. > There must be a variable containing this information, but I could not > find it. Anyone? Check the `system-type' variable. Ehud. - -- Ehud Karni Tel: +972-3-7966-561 /"\ Mivtach - Simon Fax: +972-3-7966-667 \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Insurance agencies (USA) voice mail and X Against HTML Mail http://www.mvs.co.il FAX: 1-815-5509341 / \ mailto:ehud@unix.mvs.co.il Better Safe Than Sorry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: use http://www.keyserver.net/ to get my key (and others) iD8DBQE+eFn1LFvTvpjqOY0RAkjmAKCBoJTyyYVP8iywdLwkCcrZmCKfAgCaAwrE 29Cn+LZE37gZYb62/fNVBKw= =W9k+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----