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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Peter Donald <do...@apache.org> on 2000/11/23 02:44:56 UTC

Re: Ant 1.2: exec and execOn tasks: List of os names not apparently documented

At 12:38  23/11/00 +1100, you wrote:
>At 11:42  22/11/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>Where exactly is the list of permissble OS's (values of os attribute)
>>contained with the ANT 1.2 javadocs? I don't seem to be able to find 
>>any.
>
>I don't recall seeing any documentation for it. The problem is that the
>number of values is OS/JVM specific. To check your own platform run ant
>with verbose flag and it will display current OS string. Ones I know exist
>include
>"Linux"
>"Windows 98"
>"Windows 98SEX" (Windows 98 Special Edition - not sure what the X stands
>for and only occurs on some 98SE machines)

And by the way this NOT a joke ;)

>"Windows NT"
>"Windows 2000"
>
>Cheers,
>
>Pete
>
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Cheers,

Pete

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