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system

Specifies the target operating system.

system ("value")

If no system is specified, Premake will identify and target the current operating system. This can be overridden with the --os command line argument, providing one of the system identifiers below.

Parameters​

value is one of:

  • aix
  • android
  • bsd
  • emscripten
  • haiku
  • ios
  • linux
  • macosx
  • solaris
  • uwp
  • wii
  • windows
  • xbox360

To note: emscripten at the moment is only supported for the gmake and gmake2 actions.

Applies To​

Project configurations.

Availability​

Premake 5.0 or later.

Examples​

workspace "MyWorkspace"
   configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
   system { "Windows", "Unix", "Mac" }

   filter "system:Windows"
      system "windows"

   filter "system:Unix"
      system "linux"

   filter "system:Mac"
      system "macosx"

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