software-type Function

Summary

Identifies the Operating System.

Package

common-lisp

Signature

software-type => description

Values

description

A string or nil.

Description

The function software-type returns a string representing a generic name of the Operating System, or nil if this cannot be determined.

On Windows, software-type returns "Windows NT". For more detail, use software-version.

See also

software-type in the Common Lisp HyperSpec
software-version