Hello OS with C# & mono?

Question

Is there a way to identify in which OS we are running mono, with C# code?

Some sort of Hello World, but instead of using a fixed string as an output use the current OS?

Igor Brejc · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-10T16:36:09.783

5

Try System.Environment.OSVersion

You can also detect if your code is run under Mono or MS.NET:

if (Type.GetType("Mono.Runtime") != null) 
{
    // we're on Mono
    IsMono = true;
} 
else
    IsMono = false;

edited Mar 10 '10 at 16:36

answered Mar 28 '09 at 07:58

Igor Brejc

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Thanks for the fast response, Environment.OSVersion indeed returns which OS I am running. – Raúl Roa Mar 28 '09 at 08:14
If your code might run on really old Mono, remember that it used 128 as PlatformID for Unix. – skolima Aug 28 '09 at 07:50

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '09 at 08:01

This link: http://mono-project.com/FAQ:_Technical#How_to_detect_the_execution_platform_.3F

Give this code:

using System;

class Program {

    static void Main ()
    {
            int p = (int) Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
            if ((p == 4) || (p == 6) || (p == 128)) {
                    Console.WriteLine ("Running on Unix");
            } else {
                    Console.WriteLine ("NOT running on Unix");
            }
    }
}

Hello OS with C# & mono?

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