ClientApi::GetOs()

Get name of client operating system.

Virtual?	No
Class	ClientApi
Arguments	None
Returns	const StrPtr &	a reference to the OS string

Notes

See GetClient() for more about the StrPtr return value.

GetOs() returns one of “UNIX”, “vms”, “NT”, “Mac”, or null.

Example

The following example demonstrates the usage of GetOs().

ClientApi client;
printf( "Client OS is %s\n", client.GetOs().Text() );

Executing the preceding code under Windows produces the following output:

C:\perforce> a.out
Client OS is NT

Executing the preceding code on a UNIX machine produces the following output:

shire$ a.out
Client OS is UNIX