C++ compiling on Windows and Linux: ifdef switch [

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• How do I check OS with a preprocessor directive? 16 answers

I want to run some c++ code on Linux and Windows. There are some pieces of code that I want to include only for one operating system and not the other. Is there a standard #ifdef that once can use?

Something like:

  #ifdef LINUX_KEY_WORD
    ... // linux code goes here.
  #elif WINDOWS_KEY_WORD
    ... // windows code goes here.
  #else 
  #error "OS not supported!"
  #endif

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The question is indeed a duplicate but the answers here are much better, especially the accepted one.

Answer 1

use:

#ifdef __linux__ 
    //linux code goes here
#elif _WIN32
    // windows code goes here
#else

#endif

Answer 2

No, these defines are compiler dependent. What you can do, use your own set of defines, and set them on the Makefile. See this thread for more info.

Answer 3

This response isn't about macro war, but producing error if no matching platform is found.

#ifdef LINUX_KEY_WORD   
... // linux code goes here.  
#elif WINDOWS_KEY_WORD    
... // windows code goes here.  
#else     
#error Platform not supported
#endif

If #error is not supported, you may use static_assert (C++0x) keyword. Or you may implement custom STATIC_ASSERT, or just declare an array of size 0, or have switch that has duplicate cases. In short, produce error at compile time and not at runtime

Answer 4

It depends on the compiler. If you compile with, say, G++ on Linux and VC++ on Windows, this will do :

#ifdef linux
    ...
#elif _WIN32
    ...
#else
    ...
#endif

Answer 5

I know it is not answer but added if someone looking same in Qt

In Qt

https://wiki.qt.io/Get-OS-name-in-Qt

QString Get::osName()
{
#if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
    return QLatin1String("android");
#elif defined(Q_OS_BLACKBERRY)
    return QLatin1String("blackberry");
#elif defined(Q_OS_IOS)
    return QLatin1String("ios");
#elif defined(Q_OS_MAC)
    return QLatin1String("osx");
#elif defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
    return QLatin1String("wince");
#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
    return QLatin1String("windows");
#elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
    return QLatin1String("linux");
#elif defined(Q_OS_UNIX)
    return QLatin1String("unix");
#else
    return QLatin1String("unknown");
#endif
}

Answer 6

It depends on the used compiler.

For example, Windows' definition can be WIN32 or _WIN32.

And Linux' definition can be UNIX or __unix__ or LINUX or __linux__.