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DosVersion

   

Declaration:

Function DosVersion : Word;

Description:

DosVersion returns the DOS version number. On LINUX systems, it returns the Linux version (The first 2 numbers, e.g Linux version 2.1.76 will give you DosVersion 2.1)

Errors:

None.

See also:

Example
Program Example1;
uses Dos;

{ Program to demonstrate the DosVersion function. }

var
  OS      : string[32];
  Version : word;
begin
{$IFDEF LINUX}
  OS:='Linux';
{$ENDIF}
{$IFDEF DOS}
  OS:='Dos';
{$ENDIF}  
  Version:=DosVersion;
  WriteLn('Current ',OS,' version is ',Lo(Version),'.',Hi(Version));
end.



Michael Van Canneyt
Thu Sep 10 13:59:33 CEST 1998