On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 09:06:34AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > I'm fairly familiar with it :-) > > The trouble is that it gives info set at the time perl was compiled, > which doesn't help with the problem where a machine has been upgraded. > For example, on this FC3 machine it reports a different kernel version > from the one I have upgraded to, not surprisingly.
Hmm. The osname and archname might still be useful, but the rest could be out of date. > So what I need if possible is a runtime tool to detect the info we need. On UNIX systems uname may work pretty well. But I guess each system may have slightly different options. What'll probably happen is that you end up with a big if() statement testing $Config{osname} wtih each case having specific code to determine the specifics. But for that you need information. How do you get the currently running release of windows for example? Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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