[tex-live] ifplatform: Detection of TeX Live on Windows

[Alexander Cherepanov]

Hi T!
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:20:22 +0100, T T <t34www at googlemail.com> wrote:

>> But all nul tricks don't work on ancient miktex+win98 (don't have
>> access to other windows right now).

> Have you tried it? 

Yes.

> The nul device is as old as DOS itself, so I
> expected it to work pretty much on anything with DOS heritage. 

It works in shell but not in miktex.

> Can you try with:
> 
>   \IfFileExists{nul:}{\typeout{windows}}{\typeout{unix}}

It says "unix":-)

> It works on my XP.

In miktex or in texlive?

BTW can you print something on your printer by \write'ing to prn? 
What's happening when you \read from con?

Alexander Cherepanov