How can i programicly find out what operating system i am using?

[James]

How can i programicly find out what operating system i am using? i have
tried using:
getenv("OS");
it works works on xp/2000 but it doesn't seem to work on windows95/98/ME.

im using ms visual c++ 6

 

[Buster]

How can i programicly find out what operating system i am using? i have
tried using:
getenv("OS");
it works works on xp/2000 but it doesn't seem to work on windows95/98/ME.

Look up "GetVersion" in your Win32 API documentation.

 

[Kevin Goodsell]

How can i programicly find out what operating system i am using? i have
tried using:
getenv("OS");
it works works on xp/2000 but it doesn't seem to work on windows95/98/ME.

im using ms visual c++ 6

No reliable way in standard C++. If you are only interested in Windows
versions, you might be able to find something in the Windows API (or ask
in a Windows programming group).

-Kevin

 

[Roger Leigh]

How can i programicly find out what operating system i am using? i have
tried using:

On any posix-compliant OS, which includes Windows NT apparently, you
can use the uname(2) system call. There is no Standard way to do
this.