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i need to write a program that auto detects windows and unix machines in C# on a network then copy a folder from a windows shared directory to the remote machine and gather how many processors are on the machine. I don't know of any C# functions that would help with detecting machines and their ips. I don't have access to active directory or have a central server for all the machines. I can create a perl program to run on the client machines. (also I'm not sure how to access windows shares on a unix machines) general guidance and code examples would be appreciated thanks

  • This is probably what you're looking for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5116977/c-sharp-how-to-check-the-os-version-at-runtime-e-g-windows-or-linux-without-usi – MilkyWayJoe Apr 10 '12 at 21:25
  • @MilkyWayJoe that would require installing the mono framework on the machines which wouldn't make my boss happy...its not quite what i'm looking for thanks anyways :) –  Apr 10 '12 at 21:38

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You have two very different questions.

1. Detect if a machine is a Windows or unix machine.

$^O will give you that in Perl.

$ perl -E'say $^O'
linux

>perl -E"say $^O"
MSWin32

2. Access a remote Windows file share from a unix machine.

Well, it's a SMB file share, for starters.

So all you really need is an SMB client. I quickly found Filesys::SmbClient, a Perl module that seems to fit the bill.

ikegami
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You can use Nmap in order to discover network machines, it is client-less and with the -O parameter it will tell you if the machine is running a Windows OS or a Linux one. You can then use SNMP or WMI to retrieve the number of CPUs even though that requires machines to have SNMP or WMI installed. However with a client running on the remote machine everything would be much easier, expecially if you have to copy files.

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  • thanks for the nmap suggestion...i only had one class in networks and we didnt cover that aspect..your right about needing a client to setup sharing and copying –  Apr 11 '12 at 14:39