Platform

Platform on which the current process is running.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/os-platform

Usage

var PLATFORM = require( '@stdlib/os-platform' );

PLATFORM

Platform on which the current process is running.

console.log( PLATFORM );
// => <string>

Examples

var PLATFORM = require( '@stdlib/os-platform' );

if ( PLATFORM === 'win32' ) {
    console.log( 'Running on a PC...' );
} else if ( PLATFORM === 'darwin' ) {
    console.log( 'Running on a Mac...' );
} else {
    console.log( 'Running on something else...' );
}

See Also

• @stdlib/os-platform-cli: CLI package for use as a command-line utility.
• @stdlib/os-arch: operating system CPU architecture for which the JavaScript runtime binary was compiled.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

See LICENSE.

Copyright

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