Re: my attempt to find operating system

["Ruud H.G. van Tol" <rvtol@isolution.nl>]

On 2024-09-24 13:33, Jean-Luc Arnaud wrote:
> Thanks for your help, American Citizen.
>
> Below is a script working either on Mac OS, Windows or Linux, whatever 
> is the name and the content of the log.
> I'm quiet sure it could be simplified, maybe using 'select' function.
>
>     |f=default(logfile);
>     \v
>     k=readstr(f);
>
>     for(i=1, +oo, iferr(b=strsplit(k[i]," ");
>     if(setsearch(b,"darwin")>0, print("MacOS"); return,
>     if(setsearch(b,"mingw")>0,  print("Windows");return,
>     if(setsearch(b,"linux")>0, print("Linux"); return))), E, print("OS
>     non déterminé"); return));
>
>     default(log,0);|
>
> Bill, could you create a new function called, let say, 'OSType' and 
> returning "MacOS", "Linux" or "Windows" as string?
>
> In addition, is there a corresponding function for \v, as there is 
> defaut(log,x) for \l?
> With \v, there is an annoying display of the returned information, 
> like with \l, but no display with "default(log,x);".😉

For splitting up non-Windows, see also config/arch-osname in the repo.
https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/cgi-bin/sgitweb.cgi?p=pari.git;a=blob;f=config/arch-osname

-- Ruud