Torque Game Engine Documentation
TGE Version 1.5.2

UnixUtils Class Reference

#include <x86UNIXUtils.h>

Public Member Functions

UnixUtils ()

virtual ~UnixUtils ()

bool inBackground ()

Returns true if we're running in the background, false otherwise.

const char * getOSName ()

Returns the name of the OS, as reported by uname.

Private Attributes

utsname * mUnameInfo

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

UnixUtils::UnixUtils ( )

virtual UnixUtils::~UnixUtils ( ) [virtual]

Member Function Documentation

bool UnixUtils::inBackground ( )

Returns true if we're running in the background, false otherwise.

There's no "standard" way to determine this in unix, but modern job control unices should support the method described here:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part3/

(question 3.7)

const char* UnixUtils::getOSName ( )

Returns the name of the OS, as reported by uname.

Field Documentation

struct utsname* UnixUtils::mUnameInfo [read, private]