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Win9x question...



I know that MS has a uname available for windows.  I think it comes with
services for unix, but I'm not certain.  The cygwin port of uname could
work for you as well.

Anthony

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, kgleason at ma.ultranet.com wrote:

> Does anyone know of a file location in Windows 9x where the Computer Name is consistently stored? I am trying to access this information directly from a QBasic program. I tried doing a search for text and came up with the USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT files in the \WIndows directory. 
> It would be nice if there was one location where computer name was listed in a fixed location or where I knew the number of bytes following a variable. Can anyone help?
> 
> Thanks.
> Kevin
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