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% File src/library/utils/man/winextras.Rd
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% File src/library/utils/man/winextras.Rd
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% Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org
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% Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org
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% Copyright 1995-2018 R Core Team
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% Copyright 1995-2023 R Core Team
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% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
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% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
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\name{winextras}
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\name{winextras}
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\alias{win.version}
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\alias{win.version}
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\title{Get Windows Version}
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\title{Get Windows Version}
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  A character string describing the version of Windows reported to be in use.
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  A character string describing the version of Windows reported to be in use.
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}
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}
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\note{
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\note{
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  This function is only available on Microsoft Windows.
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  This function is only available on Microsoft Windows.
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  The result is based on the Windows \code{GetVersionEx} API function,
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  The result is based on the Windows \code{GetVersionEx} API function.  It
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  which for recent versions of Windows reports the compatibility version,
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  is not known how to detect a version of Windows before it is released, and
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  and not necessarily the actual version (hence 8.1 and 10 may be reported
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  hence the textual information returned by \R may identify an older version
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  than installed.  The build number is more reliable.  When running \R in
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  as 8). If the API call reports 8, this function returns
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  compatibility mode, the reported version including the build number is the
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  \code{>= 8}.
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  compatibility version, not the installed version.
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}
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}
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\examples{
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\examples{
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if(.Platform$OS.type == "windows")
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if(.Platform$OS.type == "windows")
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   print(win.version())
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   print(win.version())
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}
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}