Hi Taco, On Fr, 08 Feb 2008, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

os.type -- value is either "windows" or "unix"

great, thanks. Do you have a Windows binary at hand already including this so that I can continue with my horrible tests of texlive installation ... on win and linux. The linux I have already compiled from the trunk Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLATHY (adj.) Nervously indecisive about how safely to dispose of a dud lightbulb. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff