From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2010-01-25T00:39:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Test for OS name from inside ruby script

On Jan 23, 12:09 am, Jacob Mitchell <jacob.d.mitch...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Dale Ackerman <dale8...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How do I test in my scripts for the OS type?  So I can conditionally run
> > different code..?
>
> A quick google search led to this:http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/6238 I imagine using RUBY_PLATFORM in
> some manner is a good solution.

No, do not use RUBY_PLATFORM. JRuby will return "java", for example:

If you want something built in use rbconfig.rb. Specifically,
Config::CONFIG['host_os']. Or you can use a 3rd party gem like sys-
uname or os.

Regards,

Dan