How to tell your platform type?

Question

I'd like to be able to tell the platform type (unix, mac, windows) that
a VI is running on so that I can better parse text files. Does anyone
know of a nice way to do this?
-- Stephen

Answer 1

If your problem is only about end-of-line characters, you can use the
"Convert EOL" input of the read and write file functions.
Reading a file with Convert EOL true will change the CR,LF, CRLF, LFCR
combinations into singles LF in the read string.
Writing a string to file with Convert EOL true will change them back to the
platform dependant end-of-line charater(s).
Jean-Pierre Drolet
"Michael Aivaliotis" a �crit dans le message news:
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> Sorry, it returns an empty string..
> Actually the solution to your problem comes from somewhere else.
>
> What you have to do is find out what an "End of Line" constant looks like
on
> each platform.
>
> If the "End of Line" constant is equal to a "Carriage Return" constant
then
> you have a Mac.
> If the "End of Line" constant is equal to a "Line Feed" constant then you
> have Unix.
> If the "End of Line" constant is equal to a "Carriage Return" constant
> concatenated with a "Line Feed" constant then you have a PC or a "Gates
> Box".
>
> Everything else is Unknown platform. I wonder what Linux returns....Hmmmm.
>
> Thank You
>
> Michael Aivaliotis
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> > Can someone on a windows platform do an experiment? The "empty path"
> > constant, when routed to a path to string converter, returns the
> > empty string
> > for Macintosh and a forward slash for unix. I'm hoping that it
> > will return a
> > backwards slash for windows.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -- Stephen
> > who is still using labview 4.1
> >
> >
> > Paul Davey wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Stephen
> > >
> > > I asked this question once. You use the "Open Application Reference"
> > > function (Application Control) (with no inputs) and wire the reference
> > > number to a "Property Node". Then pop up on the element in the
Property
> > > Node and choose "Operating System: Name"
> > >
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> > > Stephen Boulet wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd like to be able to tell the platform type (unix, mac,
> > windows) that
> > > > a VI is running on so that I can better parse text files. Does
anyone
> > > > know of a nice way to do this?
> > > >
> > > > -- Stephen
> >
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