Functions to determine the operating system

getOperatingSystem

Simple wrapper for .Platform$OS.type, returns character(1).

isUnix

Predicate for OS string, returns logical(1). Currently this would include Unix, Linux and Mac flavours.

isLinux

Predicate for sysname string, returns logical(1).

isDarwin

Predicate for sysname string, returns logical(1).

isWindows

Predicate for OS string, returns logical(1).

Usage

getOperatingSystem()

isWindows()

isUnix()

isLinux()

isDarwin()

Value

See above.