Systems and Methods for Operating System Identification and Web Application Execution

Abstract

Systems and methods to execute operating system dependencies for web applications are provided. A particular method includes receiving an operating system independent function call at a web server. The operating system independent function call may be initiated at a web-based application. The method may determine a particular operating system used by the web server and select a command based on the particular operating system. The method may further include executing the selected command.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving an operating system independent function call at a web server, the call initiated at a web-based application;   determining a particular operating system used by the web server;   selecting a command based on the particular operating system used by the web server; and   executing the selected command.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selected command is executed at the web server. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selected command initiates a web function associated with the operating system independent function call. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selected command initiates a function of the operating system used by the web server. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selected command is further selected based on the operating system independent function call. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the particular operating system further comprises initiating an identification command at the web server to determine the particular operating system used by the web server. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the operating system independent function call includes data to execute the function. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selected command includes data to execute a function of the particular operating system, wherein the function is selected based on the operating system independent function call. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selecting the command further comprises selecting a version of an installation program for the web application based on the particular operating system. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing results of execution of the command at the web server to the web-based application. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising executing an executable module separate from the web-based application and in communication with the web server, wherein the executable module determines the particular operating system and selects the command based on the particular operating system. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the web server identifies the particular operating system by executing an identify command. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the web server is a Java server and the identify command is a Java system command. 
     
     
         14 . A system comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including:
 instructions executable at the processor, the instructions including an operating system independent function call; and 
 instructions executable at the processor to determine an operating system type and to select an operating system dependent command based on the determined operating system type, and to execute the selected operating system dependent command in response to the operating system independent function call. 
   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the operating system dependent command is further selected based on the operating system independent function call. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the memory further comprises an executable module to receive the operating system independent function call from a web application. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the selected command is executed at a web server. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the command comprises an installation program for a web application based on the determined operating system. 
     
     
         19 . A computer readable medium comprising:
 instructions that, when executed by a processor in response to an operating system independent function call from a web-based application, cause the processor to determine a particular operating system used by the processor; and   instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to select a command from a plurality of commands associated with the operating system independent function call, wherein each of the plurality of commands is associated with a different operating system, and wherein the command is associated with the particular operating system.   
     
     
         20 . The computer readable medium of  claim 19 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to send results of execution of the command to the web-based application.