Re: [Mingw-users] OSTYPE for XP under MinGW

[Max B. <ma...@uk...>]

Sean Rima wrote:
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> Hello mingw-users,
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> I am compiling a program that requires the OS type. It seems that XP
> is not coming under NT which I would have expected it to. Does anyone
> know how I can work this out?
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>
> #if defined(__DOS__)
> #define OSType "DOS"
> #elif defined(__OS2__) || defined(__EMX__)
> #define OSType "OS/2"
> #elif defined(__NT__)
> #define OSType "Win32"
> #elif defined(__linux__)
> #define OSType "Linux"
> #endif
>
> g++ -c -g -Wall -pedantic -DINCS_NEED_DOT_H -DNOEXCEPTIONS  ./nlmake.c
> nlmake.c: In function `int main(int, char**)':
> nlmake.c:177: `OSType' undeclared (first use this function)
> nlmake.c:177: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each
>    function it appears in.)

gcc -E -dM nul.c

(nul.c does not exist - it is the DOS NUL: device, with a .c tacked on to
tell gcc what kind of file to treat it as).

Max.