From: Seebs Date: 2010-01-15T12:20:10+09:00 Subject: Re: How to know the OS architecture (32 or 64 bits)? On 2010-01-14, I�aki Baz Castillo wrote: > Hi, is there a reliable way under Ruby to know the OS architecture (32 or 64 > bits)? Probably not. Could you explain what you're trying to do? Without knowing why you think you need to know this, it's hard to give you good advice. I couldn't tell you off the top of my head whether the machine I'm working on right now is 32-bit or 64-bit. I've been doing software development on it for two years and I've never needed to know. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!