On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 09:49:49 -0400, fred smith <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Can anyone suggest some resource that a PROGRAM (compiled C program) can > examine while running to find out what platform it is runninng on ? You could look at the source for uname and see what it does. > can anyone suggest any other checks I could do? What are you really trying to do? Normally you want to check to see if some feature is supported or an ABI versiob, not really a program version. Sometimes a program version makes a good proxy for those. It's hard to suggest something without knowing your higher level goal. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines