System (gb)

This static class gives information about the operating system and the interpreter environment.

Constants

Architecture	Return the architecture of the underlying operating system.
Family	Return the name of the underlying operating system.
FullVersion	Return the full version of the Gambas interpreter.
Version	Returns the current Gambas interpreter version.

Static properties

Backtrace	Returns a backtrace of the function call stack current state.
BreakOnError	Return or set if a debugged program must break if an error occurs, even if there is a error management catching the error.
ByteOrder	Returns the byte order of the system.
Charset	Returns the charset used by the system.
Cores	Since 3.16 Return the number of CPU execution units.
Domain	Returns the system domain name.
Error	Return the Unix error code of the last error raised by a system call.
FirstDayOfWeek	Return the first day of week, according to the current language and localization.
Host	Returns the system host name.
IgnoreOverflow	Since 3.18 Return or set if the interpreter must check for overflow with arithmetic integer operators and conversions.
Language	Returns or sets the current language setting.
Path	Returns the installation path of Gambas.
Profile	Return or set if profiling at instruction level is enabled.
RightToLeft	Returns if the current language is right to left written.
Shell	Since 3.1 Return or set the shell used by the SHELL command. By default, /bin/sh is used.
TimeZone	Since 3.4 Return the system timezone.
Trace	Return or set if tracing is enabled.
User	Returns a virtual object used for retrieving information about the current user.

Static methods

Exist	Since 3.6 Return if a specific program is available.
Find	Since 3.6 Search for a specific program through the PATH environment variable, and return its full path.
GetExternSymbol	Return the address of a symbol located in a shared library.
GetFormat	Return the custom format string associated with a predefined format constant.
Log	Since 3.6 Write a message to the system log.