From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-09-23T01:57:43+09:00
Subject: Re: discovering the OS

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, dc wrote:

> hi list -
>
> just wondering if there is a way to find out which OS ruby is running on?
>
> for these type of:
>
> if (windows)
> system "start file.html"
> else if (mac)
> system "open file.html"
> end

try this

   ruby -r rbconfig -r yaml -e'  y Config::CONFIG  '

-a
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