How can I determine the operating system and hostname using common lisp?

Asked 2010-12-07T01:20:34.960

To get my .sbclrc file working on the two computers I use, I'd like a way to get the hostname and/or operating system from within sbcl. I know I could set and then look for an environment variable, but is there a more direct approach?

Update

I changed the question to refer to common lisp, since the answer from Ken is not specific to sbcl.

common-lisp sbcl

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* (require :sb-bsd-sockets)
("SB-BSD-SOCKETS" "SB-GROVEL" "ASDF")

* (use-package :sb-bsd-sockets)
T

* (host-ent-name (get-host-by-name "localhost"))
"myhost.mydomain.ext"

* (find :win32 *features*)
:WIN32

* (find :linux *features*)
NIL

EDIT: I like @Ken's solution better. +1.

answered 2010-12-07T02:20:09.070

How can I determine the operating system and hostname using common lisp?

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