From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2009-07-20T23:50:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:24457] Re: Meaning of RUBY_PLATFORM

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Roger Pack<rogerdpack@gmail.com> wrote:
>> but not quite. �Maybe I should submit a patch to gems like
>> Gem::Platform.local.os -> ['windows'] etc.
>
> Found out there's
>
> Gem.win_platform?
> => true
>

On Cygwin, Gem.win_platform? returns true, but Cygwin emulates a POSIX
layer on top of Windows.

Please use with precaution and double-check prior assuming you're 100%
on Windows ;-)
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Luis Lavena
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