Check Windows or Linux?

[Guest]

Hi everybody,

Is there a way to check which OS is running on the CF Server using CFML?

If yes, pls avise.

Thanks and regards,
Yogesh Mahadnac

[Newsgroup_User · Accepted solution]

<cfdump var="#server#">
or, specifically, #server.os.name#

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

[johnab]

even easier....

if you have a file on your server call foo.cfm - try accessing it using a different case, eg FOO.cfm - if it loads you're on windows, if it doesn't you're on a nix platform.

[Newsgroup_User]

and how is that gonna be 'easier' using cfml than #server.os.name#?

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

[Newsgroup_User]

> and how is that gonna be 'easier' using cfml than #server.os.name#?

Yeah, that one had me scratching my head too.

If one was to be wanting to check via the file system, then checking
java.io.File's "separator" property would probably be the way to do it,
rather than checking file-name-casing, but the server variable route is the
easiest way.

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Adam