From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-07-04T07:35:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Best way to determine if running on windows or unix-based system

Carl Youngblood wrote:
> I'm going to try using Ruby/DL to write a full-fledged ruby extension
> for the curl library.  I'd like it to work on both Windows and
> Unix-based systems.  I'm sure there are a lot of ways of doing this,
> but what do you guys think is the best way to determine whether your
> script is being called on a windows-based system or a unix-based
> system?

There is a constant, RUBY_PLATFORM, which tells you this. On my system:

   ruby -e "p RUBY_PLATFORM"
   --> "i686-linux-gnu"

- Jamis

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