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9.4 The OPERATING-SYSTEM module

$os-name

Constant

Summary

Constant specifying the operating system running on the host machine.

Type

Symbol.

Initial value

#"win32"

Library

system

Module

operating-system

Description

This constant is a symbol that represents the operating system running on the host machine.

Example

#"win32", #"osf3"

See also

$machine-name, page 186

$os-variant, page 187

$os-version, page 188

$platform-name, page 189


System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000

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