batch file, determine which os

[office politics]

I want to create a batch file that will determine which OS is running on the pc and run commands specifically for that OS.

I really only need for it to distinguish between 98 & 2k OSs. I was thinking that I would try to detect the folder 'documents and settings'. I tried to use the following line of code on an xp pc but it would produce the expected results.

@echo off
if exist "C:\documents and settings\nul" echo docs and settings exists

 

[office politics]

ok guys i figured it out, i can't use the long filename. so this line works

if exist c:\docume~1\nul echo doc and settings

 

[HoLoCroN]

How would you like the results displayed? On the screen or a txt file?

If you were to have the results displayed on the screen, try something like this.

On Screen
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@echo on

winver

rem winver will tell windows to display the current OS version along with build and SP information. A window is activated showing you a graphical interface


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If you want to have the results saved to a file try this.

Off Screen
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@echo off

ver > version.txt

rem ver will tell the script to display the current OS version , > tells the script to send the results to the "version.txt" file (it will create this in the root directory by default) this is a variable so you can change the name of the file name or location if you'd like.




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