Operating System detection of client

[jsfgeeks]

hi, I want to detect operating system of client machine using java is it possible?

[Supamagier]

It is possible, I don't know how though.

[xcallmejudasx]

Try looking into the code of SWT commands. Those are all very platform aware and the same GUI command will display different based on if it detects M$, Linux, Mac, etc

[Tamu]

try this:

String OS = System.getProperty("os.name");
System.out.println(OS);

[Eranga]

try this:

String OS = System.getProperty("os.name");
System.out.println(OS);

This is the way to find the OS using Java. jsfgeeks, did you try this?

[Nicholas Jordan]

java.lang.String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
// Whether we are working around Solaris.
final boolean solarisWorkaround = (osName != null &&
osName.indexOf("Solaris") != -1);

Dont know what the other os's are named.

[Eranga]

Much better,

String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
if(osName.startsWith("Mac OS")){
     // Do the processing
}