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9.4 The OPERATING-SYSTEM module

$os-version

Constant

Summary

Constant specifying which version of an operating system the current machine is running.

Type

<string>

Initial value

See Description.

Description

The constant $os-version is a string value that identifies the version of the operating system. For Windows NT, a typical value would be "4.0.1381 Service Pack 3". For Windows 95, a typical value would be "4.0.1212 B".

See also

$machine-name, page 186

$os-name, page 187

$os-variant, page 187

$platform-name, page 189


System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000

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