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On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 08:57, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Paul Johnston wrote: > > > > No, I'm not. I'm incorporating Warren Young's suggestion. Unless someone > > > 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 user > > defined $SYSTEMROOT on Win 9x. > > 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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