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os.hostarch

Identify the architecture for the currently executing operating system.

id = os.hostarch()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

An architecture identifier; see architecture() for a complete list of identifiers.

Note that this function returns the architecture for the OS that Premake is currently running on, which is not necessarily the same as the architecture that Premake is generating files for.

Availability

Premake 5.0.0 beta 3 or later.

Examples

if os.hostarch() == "x86_64" then
-- do something x64-specific
end

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