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Detect operating system in Makefile.
# Detect operating system in Makefile.
# Author: He Tao
# Date: 2015-05-30
OSFLAG :=
ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
OSFLAG += -D WIN32
ifeq ($(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE),AMD64)
OSFLAG += -D AMD64
endif
ifeq ($(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE),x86)
OSFLAG += -D IA32
endif
else
UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
OSFLAG += -D LINUX
endif
ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
OSFLAG += -D OSX
endif
UNAME_P := $(shell uname -p)
ifeq ($(UNAME_P),x86_64)
OSFLAG += -D AMD64
endif
ifneq ($(filter %86,$(UNAME_P)),)
OSFLAG += -D IA32
endif
ifneq ($(filter arm%,$(UNAME_P)),)
OSFLAG += -D ARM
endif
endif
all:
@echo $(OSFLAG)
@Yewchi
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Yewchi commented Aug 23, 2018

Thank you Tao

@mihaipopescu
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@joseluisq
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My simplified version for Unix-like systems (uname):

Makefile

OS_NAME := $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)

os:
	@echo $(OS_NAME)

@AntumDeluge
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@joseluisq 👍

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s1moe2 commented Mar 25, 2020

@joseluisq 👍👍

@programeriss
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Thank you!

@kfelter
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kfelter commented Jul 12, 2022

Thank you!!

@mr-kelly
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My simplified version for Unix-like systems (uname):

Makefile

OS_NAME := $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)

os:
	@echo $(OS_NAME)

Thank you

@rafalzacher1
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Thank you :)

@Sherry65-code
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This is my laptop information

Device name	DESKTOP-RK0Q93P
Processor	13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1340P   1.90 GHz
Installed RAM	16.0 GB (15.6 GB usable)
Device ID	140104E8-85AA-3D55-990E-5185A62E169B
Product ID	00425-00000-00002-AA904
System type	64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch	No pen or touch input is available for this display

And this is the output i am getting

C:\Users\Hecker>make
-D WIN32 -D IA32

Can someone tell me whats the issue ?

@gedw99
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gedw99 commented Feb 17, 2024

OS_MAKE_NAME="OS"
OS_NAME := $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
OS_ARCH := $(shell uname -m | tr A-Z a-z)

os:
	@echo ""
	@echo ""
	@echo "--- $(OS_MAKE_NAME) ---"
	@echo "OS_NAME: $(OS_NAME)"
	@echo "OS_ARCH: $(OS_ARCH)"
	@echo ""
make os

--- OS ---
OS_NAME: darwin
OS_ARCH: arm64

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