How do I programmatically determine operating system in Java?

Question

I would like to determine the operating system of the host that my Java program is running programmatically (for example: I would like to be able to load different propertie

Answer 1

Below code shows the values that you can get from System API, these all things you can get through this API.

public class App {
    public static void main( String[] args ) {
        //Operating system name
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.name"));

        //Operating system version
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.version"));

        //Path separator character used in java.class.path
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("path.separator"));

        //User working directory
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));

        //User home directory
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.home"));

        //User account name
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.name"));

        //Operating system architecture
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.arch"));

        //Sequence used by operating system to separate lines in text files
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("line.separator"));

        System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.version")); //JRE version number

        System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.vendor.url")); //JRE vendor URL

        System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.vendor")); //JRE vendor name

        System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.home")); //Installation directory for Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

        System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.class.path"));

        System.out.println(System.getProperty("file.separator"));
    }
}

Answers:-

Windows 7
6.1
;
C:\Users\user\Documents\workspace-eclipse\JavaExample
C:\Users\user
user
amd64


1.7.0_71
http://java.oracle.com/
Oracle Corporation
C:\Program Files\Java\jre7
C:\Users\user\Documents\workspace-Eclipse\JavaExample\target\classes
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