Operating System (os)
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os
)
Operating System (Output the auto-detected OS name
Description
Output the auto-detected OS name.
Usage
os -> <stdout>
os string -> <stdout>
Examples
Name current platform
» os
linux
Check platforms
Or if you want to check if the host is one of a number of platforms:
# When run on Linux or FreeBSD
» os linux freebsd
true
# When run on another platform, eg Windows or Darwin (macOS)
# (exit number would also be `1`)
» os linux freebsd
false
The intention is this allows simple tests in scripts:
if { os windows } then {
# run some Windows specific code
}
POSIX
posix
is also supported to check if Murex is running on a UNIX-like operating system.
All Murex targets apart from Windows and Plan 9 are considered POSIX.
# When run on Linux or macOS
» os posix
true
# When run on Windows or Plan 9
# (exit number would also be `1`)
» os posix
false
Please note that although Plan 9 shares similarities with POSIX, it is not POSIX-compliant. For that reason, os
returns false with the posix
parameter when run on Plan 9. If you want to include Plan 9 in the check then please write it as os posix plan9
.
Synonyms
os
sys.os
See Also
- CPU Architecture (
cpuarch
): Output the hosts CPU architecture - CPU Count (
cpucount
): Output the number of CPU cores available on your host
This document was generated from builtins/core/system/system_doc.yaml.