module Sys class Platform # The CPU architecture ARCH = File::ALT_SEPARATOR ? Uname.architecture.to_sym : Uname.machine.to_sym # Returns a basic OS family, either :windows or :unix OS = File::ALT_SEPARATOR ? :windows : :unix # Returns the OS type, :macosx, :linux, :mingw32, etc IMPL = case Uname.sysname when /darwin|mac/i :macosx when /mingw|windows/i require 'rbconfig' RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'].split('_').first[/[a-z]+/i].downcase.to_sym when /linux/i :linux when /sunos|solaris/i :solaris when /bsd/i :bsd end # Returns whether or not you're on a Windows OS def self.windows? Uname.sysname =~ /microsoft/i ? true : false end # Returns whether or not you're on a Unixy (non-Windows) OS def self.unix? Uname.sysname !~ /microsoft/i ? true : false end # Returns whether or not you're on a mac, i.e. OSX def self.mac? Uname.sysname =~ /darwin|mac/i ? true : false end # Returns whether or not you're on Linux def self.linux? Uname.sysname =~ /linux/i ? true : false end # Returns whether or not you're on Solaris def self.solaris? Uname.sysname =~ /sunos|solaris/i ? true : false end # Returns whether or not you're on any BSD platform def self.bsd? Uname.sysname =~ /bsd/i ? true : false end end end