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When building workspaces that needs to run on various platforms with various operate systems I use the FME parameter FME_OS to create OS specific attributes to read/write data. But this parameter is excluded in the documentation:

https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Workbench/!Transformer_Parameters/FME_parameters.htm and it's not in the help at all: https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Workbench/Search.htm?q=fme_os

One specific thing I think should be useful (at least for me) is which values this parameter could hold. Right now I need to find a computer which have that specific OS and try the parameter to see which value the parameter holds. Not that streamlined.

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@gabriel_hirsch The documentation was updated for FME 2020.1 to include FME_OS and other parameters that were missing. We'll also look at including the list of possible OS values returned.

 

FME_BUILD_DATEThe date the installation running the translation was built.FME_BUILD_NUMContains the build number of the FME engine that is executing the workspace.FME_HOMEExpands to the folder where the FME executable resides. It includes a trailing slash, independent of the platform.FME_HOME_UNIXSimilar to FME_HOME, but in UNIX format.FME_MF_DIRContains the name of the folder in which the current workspace resides.FME_MF_NAMEName of the mapping file used for the translation.FME_OSThe operating system on which FME is running.FME_PRODUCT_NAMEName of this FME Desktop product release.WORKSPACE_NAMEThe name of the workspace.

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FME_OS returns: Windows, macOS, Linux

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Great news! Thank's a lot for quick help.

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