There are some system properties that can be obtained from Java code. Some of these examples are:
Code example:
System.getProperty("os.name")
List of possible os values
This is not a complete list.
os.name values:
Windows NT
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows 2003
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Linux
SunOS
FreeBSD
Mac OS X
List of combinations of os, arch, and platform versions
os name os arch java version
Windows XP x86 1.5.0_02
Windows XP x86 1.5.0
Windows XP x86 1.5.0_03
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_06
Windows XP x86 1.5.0_01
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_05
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_08
Windows XP x86 1.6.0-ea
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_03
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_07
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_02
Windows XP x86 1.4.2
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_04
Windows XP x86 1.5.0-beta2
Windows XP x86 1.4.1_02
Windows XP x86 1.5.0-rc
Windows XP x86 1.4.1
Windows XP x86 1.4.0
Windows XP x86 1.6.0
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_01
Windows XP x86 1.5.0_04
Windows XP x86 1.5.0-beta
Windows XP x86 1.4.1_01
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_09
Windows XP x86 1.5.0_05
Windows XP x86 1.4.1_03
Windows XP x86 1.6.0-beta
Windows XP x86 1.6.0-rc
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_10
Windows XP x86 1.5.0_06
Windows XP x86 1.4.0_03
Windows XP x86 1.6.0-beta2
Windows XP x86 1.4.2_11
Windows XP x86 1.5.0_07
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0_02
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0_03
Windows 2003 x86 1.4.2_06
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0_01
Windows 2003 x86 1.4.2_05
Windows 2003 x86 1.6.0-ea
Windows 2003 x86 1.4.2_07
Windows 2003 x86 1.4.2_04
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0-rc
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0_04
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0-beta
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0_05
Windows 2003 x86 1.6.0-rc
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0_06
Windows 2003 x86 1.5.0_07
Linux i386 1.5.0_02
Linux i386 1.5.0
Linux i386 1.5.0_03
Linux i386 1.4.2_06
Linux i386 1.5.0_01
Linux i386 1.4.2_05
Linux i386 1.4.2_08
Linux i386 1.6.0-ea
Linux i386 1.4.2_03
Linux i386 1.4.2_07
Linux i386 1.4.2_02
Linux i386 1.4.2-beta
Linux i386 1.4.2
Linux i386 1.4.2_04
Linux i386 1.4.2-01
Linux i386 1.5.0-rc
Linux i386 1.4.2-rc1
Linux i386 1.5.0_04
Linux i386 1.4.2_09
Linux i386 1.5.0_05
Linux i386 1.6.0-beta
Linux i386 1.6.0-rc
Linux i386 1.4.2_10
Linux i386 1.5.0_06
Linux i386 1.6.0-beta2
Linux i386 1.4.2_11
Linux i386 1.5.0_07
Linux amd64 1.4.2-01
Linux amd64 1.5.0_05
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0_02
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0_03
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_06
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0_01
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_05
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_08
Windows 2000 x86 1.6.0-ea
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_03
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_07
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_02
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2-beta
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_04
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0-beta2
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.1_02
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0-rc
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.1
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_01
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0_04
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_09
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0_05
Windows 2000 x86 1.6.0-beta
Windows 2000 x86 1.6.0-rc
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.2_10
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0_06
Windows 2000 x86 1.6.0-beta2
Windows 2000 x86 1.5.0_07
Windows 2000 x86 1.4.1_07
Mac OS X i386 1.5.0_05
Mac OS X i386 1.5.0_06
Mac OS X ppc 1.5.0_02
Mac OS X ppc 1.4.2_05
Mac OS X ppc 1.4.2_03
Mac OS X ppc 1.4.2_07
Mac OS X ppc 1.4.2_09
Mac OS X ppc 1.5.0_05
Mac OS X ppc 1.5.0_06
Windows 98 x86 1.5.0_03
Windows 98 x86 1.4.2_06
Windows 98 x86 1.5.0_01
Windows 98 x86 1.4.2_02
Windows 98 x86 1.4.0
Windows 98 x86 1.4.2_01
SunOS x86 1.5.0_04
SunOS x86 1.5.0_06
SunOS sparc 1.5.0_02
SunOS sparc 1.4.2_04
SunOS sparc 1.5.0-beta2
SunOS sparc 1.5.0_05
SunOS sparc 1.5.0_06
FreeBSD i386 1.4.2-p6
FreeBSD i386 1.4.2-p7
Windows NT x86 1.5.0_02
Windows NT x86 1.5.0
Windows NT x86 1.4.2_05
Windows NT x86 1.4.2_08
Windows NT x86 1.4.2_03
Windows Me x86 1.5.0_04
Windows Me x86 1.5.0_06
External References
- “Possible values for system property “os.arch” and “os.name”“; jvm-gaming.org