Re: distinguishing between MS and IBM(PC) DOS

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From: Fred Smith
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1990 13:50

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In article <6178@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
>Does anyone know how to determine whether the current DOS running is MS-DOS
>(from Microsoft and used on clones) or IBM-DOS (aka PC-DOS from IBM and
>used on true blue boxes) from within a Microsoft C program?




I knowthis is kinda crude, but you could try:

  system ("ver");



Fred

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From: fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith)
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Subject: Re: distinguishing between MS and IBM(PC) DOS
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