Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: - determine Operating system using pl/sql??

Re: - determine Operating system using pl/sql??

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:01:53 +1000
Message-ID: <408eca3b$0$436$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>


Syltrem wrote:

> "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> a écrit dans le message de
> news:408df1a1$0$12740$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
>
>
>

>>In short, search for the string ".EXE", and if you find it, you're on
>>Windows. If you don't, you're using a proper operating system!

>
>
>
> No, no ! VMS has ORACLE.EXE too, and is a proper OS !

He didn't mention VMS!!!! He said Windows or Unix.

>
> The basic idea is good though, but I would look for :
> \ backslash because they are part of Windows file specifications
> (C:\somewhere\somefile.type)
> / slash because they are part of Unix file specifications
> (C:/somewhere/somefile.type)
> [ square brackets because they are part of OpenVMS file specifications
> (diskname:[somewhere]somefile.type)
>
> Just include the characters/strings for systems you know or use.
>

But thanks for the heads-up.

Regards
HJR Received on Tue Apr 27 2004 - 16:01:53 CDT

Original text of this message

HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US