Getting the system profile

Yates, Glen JAMES.G.YATES at saic.com
Fri Jul 11 18:23:00 EDT 2003


> >msinfo32.exe /report output.txt
> >
> >Then it will create a text file 'output.txt' with the system 
> info in it that
> >you can then parse for the info you need. The only drawback 
> is it takes a
> >little while to run. You may be able to narrow it down to 
> just the category
> >you need, though.
> >
> >-Glen
> 
> How would one narrow it down?

run

msinfo32.exe /?

and explore the options, I've not actually done it myself.

Oh, and as far as operating systems, if it ends in X that is a good sign :-)

Irix, AIX, OSX, Linux

Although, somehow Solaris doesn't quite fit in.

-Glen



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