Re: Add SHELL_EXIT_CODE to psql

On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 at 21:36, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
> I chose a name that would avoid collisions with anything a user might
> potentially throw into their environment, so if the var "OS" is fairly
> standard is a reason to avoid using it. Also, going with our own env var
> allows us to stay in perfect synchronization with the build's #ifdef WIN32
> ... and whatever #ifdefs may come in the future for new OSes. If there is
> already an environment variable that does that for us, I would rather use
> that, but I haven't found it.
>
> Perhaps, I didn't make myself clear. Your solution is perfectly adapted to
our needs.
But all Windows since 2000 already have an environment variable
OS=Windows_NT. So, if env OS is defined and equal Windows_NT, this had to
be Windows.
May we use it in our case? I don't insist, just asking.

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Best regards,
Maxim Orlov.