Determine if Linux or Windows in C++

Question

I am writing a cross-platform compatible function in C++ that creates directories based on input filenames. I need to know if the machine is Linux or windows and use the appropr

Answer 1

Look into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname

If you are using g++ as your compiler/GNU then you could try the code below. POSIX compliant environments support this:

#include 
#include 
#include 

int main()
{
    struct utsname sysinfo;
    if(uname(&sysinfo)) exit(9);
    printf("os name: %s\n", sysinfo.sysname);
    return 0;
}