From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-03-09T06:44:43+09:00
Subject: Re: idioms for separating out OS-specific stuff

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On Mar 8, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Joe Van Dyk wrote:

> And then probe (somwhow?) to figure out what OS I'm running on and
> then including the correct modules into my code.

As far as probing goes...

irb(main):026:0> Config::CONFIG['host_os']
=> "darwin8.4.0"
irb(main):027:0> Config::CONFIG['arch']
=> "powerpc-darwin8.4.0"

etc.

You can also try shelling out and calling uname, but that of course  
won't work on windows for example.

logan:/Users/logan% uname -s
Darwin
logan:/Users/logan% uname -r
8.5.0
logan:/Users/logan% uname -v
Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006;  
root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
logan:/Users/logan% uname -a
Darwin logan-capaldos.poly.edu 8.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun  
Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power  
Macintosh powerpc


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