From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-11-14T16:22:16+09:00
Subject: Re: detect if windows or linux

Alexander Fleck asked:
> Hi,
> what' s the best way to detect if I' m on a windows or linux machine. I 
> don' t want to check that by handling an exception. Is there a function in 
> the standard libraries.

Ruby defines these constants, among others:
RUBY_PLATFORM
RUBY_RELEASE_DATE
RUBY_VERSION

C:\>ruby -e "p PLATFORM"
"i386-mswin32"

Cheers,
Dave