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os.getversion

Retrieve version information for the host operating system.

sysinfo = os.getversion()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

A table, containing the following key-value pairs:

FieldDescription
majorversionThe major version number
minorversionThe minor version number
revisionThe bug fix release or service pack number
descriptionA human-readable description of the OS version

On platforms where this function has not been implemented, it will return zero for all version numbers, and the platform name as the description.

Availability

Premake 4.4 or later.

Examples

local ver = os.getversion()
print(string.format(" %d.%d.%d (%s)",
ver.majorversion, ver.minorversion, ver.revision,
ver.description))

-- On Windows XP: "5.1.3 (Windows XP)"
-- On OS X,: "10.6.6 (Mac OS X Snow Leopard)"