#|  ======================================================
#|  OS Module
#|
#|  Module to easily find the running operating system
#|  ======================================================
module OS

  #|  ------------------------------------------------------
  #|  linux? method
  #|
  #|  Returns true if the host OS is Linux (false otherwise).
  #|  @return Bool
  #|  ------------------------------------------------------
  def OS.linux?
    OS.unix? and not OS.mac?
  end
  
  #|  ------------------------------------------------------
  #|  mac? method
  #|
  #|  Returns true if the host OS is OS X (false otherwise).
  #|  @return Bool
  #|  ------------------------------------------------------
  def OS.mac?
   (/darwin/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM) != nil
  end

  #|  ------------------------------------------------------
  #|  unix? method
  #|
  #|  Returns true if the host OS is Unix (false otherwise).
  #|  @return Bool
  #|  ------------------------------------------------------
  def OS.unix?
    !OS.windows?
  end
  
  #|  ------------------------------------------------------
  #|  windows? method
  #|
  #|  Returns true if the host OS is Windows (false otherwise).
  #|  @return Bool
  #|  ------------------------------------------------------
  def OS.windows?
    (/cygwin|mswin|mingw|bccwin|wince|emx/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM) != nil
  end
end