batch file

can someone tell the command for determing the OS version for XP, I think winnt if for both Windows 2000/xp

eg: below

;REM ***** Windows NT/2000/XP *****
;IF OS = "winnt"
;WRITE "test for Vritualdr.com"
;#\\servername\path
;IF "%ERROR_LEVEL" = "1" THEN
;EXIT
;END
;END

Quote:

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Originally Posted by nemesis

;REM ***** Windows NT/2000/XP *****
;IF OS = "winnt"
;WRITE "test for Vritualdr.com"
;#\\servername\path
;IF "%ERROR_LEVEL" = "1" THEN
;EXIT
;END
;END

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Line 2: Not sure you can determine the OS and if you can what the command is, but there other errors in your batch if you took the ; of the start of each line.

Line 3: would open up the Wordpad application and then give you an error message about no being able to find a file called test for Vritualdr.com. Also if you don't want the quotes to appear then you don't need them. The line should read echo test for Virtualdr.com

Line 4: are you trying to change the path here, I don't think it's the correct syntax

Line 5: The variable and value don't need to be in quotes and you need to have something after the then ie if errorlevel 1 then exit

Line 6: presumably the Exit relates to the If Then condition in line 4

Line 7 and 8: only need one End

Thus:

Code:

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;IF OS = "winnt"
;echo test for Virtualdr.com
;#\\servername\path
;if errorlevel 1 then exit
;end

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with the italicised lines still needing some modifcation and someone else more versed in batch files may come along and help.

Also not sure why the check of errorlevel is done as you are going to exit or end regardless ?

thanks, the ; remarks are purely for testing, as are lines 3, 4. I just needed my question answered, I think you're right, you can't determine between Win2000 and WinXP, it's ok though, I created another solution for myself, I developed an Application Object through Novell ZENworks 6.5.

;REM ***** Windows NT/2000/XP *****
;IF OS = "winnt"
;WRITE "test for Vritualdr.com"
;#\\servername\path
;IF "%ERROR_LEVEL" = "1" THEN
;EXIT
;END
;END

How to Detect Windows Mode and Version from a Batch File good luck.

This has been solved, a little late but wouldn't the command
ver > version.txt
have solved the problem?

Code:

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@echo off
:WhatOS.BAT - Are we running under DOS, Win3.x, 9x, NT, XP?
:Begin
 if (%OS%)==(Windows_NT) goto NTorXP
 for %%x in (OPSYS windir winbootdir) do set %%x=
 if (%windir%)==() set OPSYS=DOS
 if (%OPSYS%)==() if (%winbootdir%)==() set OPSYS=Windows_3.x
 if (%OPSYS%)==() set OPSYS=Windows_9x
 if not (%OPSYS%)==(Windows_9x) goto Done
 echo set OPSYS=Windows_%%1>windows.bat
 ver>$tmp$.bat
 for %%x in (call del) do %%x $tmp$.bat
 del windows.bat
 goto Done
:NTorXP
 ver|find "XP">nul
 if errorlevel 1 set OPSYS=%OS%
 if errorlevel 0 if not errorlevel 1 set OPSYS=Windows_XP
:Done
 echo %OPSYS%
 for %%x in (OPSYS cmdline) do set %%x=
:End

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