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From: mdeck@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Mary Deck)
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Subject: system identification
Keywords: system unix vms
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Date: 11 Oct 90 22:13:39 GMT
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Here's a question for anyone who wants to answer it (and can): Is
there a way in (La)TeX to identify the type of system one is on?  For
instance, I have several files which I'll be using in both a VAX/VMS
environment and a Sun/Unix environment.  I have a macro file, same
thing on both systems but different filename, which I want to include
in these documents.  I want to put a line in the file to include my
macros which will pick the proper file name for the current system.
Is there a way to do this?  (I know I'm being really lazy for not
wanting to edit the files when I port them from one place to the
other, but I'm always looking for an easy way out of things....)

Thanks....

					....Mary
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Mary M. Deck,  Student Assistant,  User Services
University Computing Services, State University of New York at Buffalo
mdeck@cs.buffalo.edu [Unix]
acsgmmd@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu [VAX/VMS]