Cross Platform identification

[silicontoadet]

Hi,

Maybe this is the wrong place to ask but I was wondering whether there is some header file out there that identifies the majority of the OS's/ compilers, architectures etc... at compile time, probably using macros i.e. checking for definitions such as _WIN32 for windows as defined by some compilers etc... or _i386_.
The purpose: when running a tool/compiled binary, I can identify which compiler architecture operating system was used to compile the binary. something of an issue when I'm dealing with a number of platforms.

TIA

TOAD

 

[xwb]

Have a look at autoconf

http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/

 

[Salem]

This is a useful list of macros and other things for identifying the compiler / OS / platform.

http://predef.sourceforge.net/index.php

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