George Command to tell which OS is being used?

[Svengali]

Is there a way to have a George script know if TVPaint is running under Windows or Mac or Linux or Android?

The work around I came up with is to search for the back slash in the "home" file path string but it would be much better to just have a command to get the OS info directly.

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tv_GetPath "home"							// default User path
FilePath = result
Slash = CHAR(FilePath,3)							// retrieve 3rd character in FilePath string
IF CMP(Slash,"\")
	FolderName = "\QuickSaveImages\"				// windows
ELSE
	FolderName = "/QuickSaveImages/"				// MAC or Linux
	Slash = "/"
END
ImagePath = FilePath""FolderName

Not sure what separator Android expects???

Sven

[Mads Juul]

tv_version ["ComputerOS"|"ComputerName"|"UserName"|"ComputerLanguage"]
http://wiki.tvpaint.fr/index.php?title=Tv_Version

-Mads

[Svengali]

Thanks!
I get WIN64. I wonder what other results might be returned?

If anyone might want to test this on their own system (mac or linux) you can create a button using the following in an Embedded George Script:

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tv_Version  "ComputerOS"
OS = result
tv_warn "operating system = " OS

This will report which OS you are using... If anyone tries this could you post the results for mac or Linux here?

Sven

[Mads Juul]

I think it resturns WIN32 if you use the 32 bit version even on a 64 bit windows

[ematecki]

Not sure what separator Android expects???

Android is Linux based, so it's a '/'.
Anyway, every OS still in existence accept '/', even if it isn't their native separator.

[Svengali]

Not sure what separator Android expects???

Android is Linux based, so it's a '/'.
Anyway, every OS still in existence accept '/', even if it isn't their native separator.

Thanks.

I guess my actual question was what is the Result returned for Mac and Linux (and Android) since windows returns WIN64 or WIN32?

My next question would be:
Since "computerOS" is a new argument of tv_Version command in George for TVPaint 10, would it be safe and dependable to use the work-around test I posted in the original code window in this thread - looking for a "\" as the third character in the "home" path Result - with both TVPaint 10 AND earlier TVPaint releases? That way I can make George paths that work with all operating systems on any version of TVPaint.

Sven

[ematecki]

Not sure what separator Android expects???

Android is Linux based, so it's a '/'.
Anyway, every OS still in existence accept '/', even if it isn't their native separator.

Thanks.

I guess my actual question was what is the Result returned for Mac and Linux (and Android) since windows returns WIN64 or WIN32?

Well, you talked about a 'separator' :)

My next question would be:
Since "computerOS" is a new argument of tv_Version command in George for TVPaint 10, would it be safe and dependable to use the work-around test I posted in the original code window in this thread - looking for a "\" as the third character in the "home" path Result - with both TVPaint 10 AND earlier TVPaint releases? That way I can make George paths that work with all operating systems on any version of TVPaint.
Sven

ComputerOS returns one of :
MACOSX32, MACOSX64, LINUX32, LINUX64, ANDROID, WIN32 or WIN64
32 or 64 refers to TVPaints version, not the OS.

Your workaround _should_ work...

[Svengali]

Well, you talked about a 'separator'

True enough!

My next question would be:
Since "computerOS" is a new argument of tv_Version command in George for TVPaint 10, would it be safe and dependable to use the work-around test I posted in the original code window in this thread - looking for a "\" as the third character in the "home" path Result - with both TVPaint 10 AND earlier TVPaint releases? That way I can make George paths that work with all operating systems on any version of TVPaint.
Sven

ComputerOS returns one of :
MACOSX32, MACOSX64, LINUX32, LINUX64, ANDROID, WIN32 or WIN64
32 or 64 refers to TVPaints version, not the OS.

Your workaround _should_ work...

Good news! Thank you for all this useful info...

Sven