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os

Test for types of operating systems

Description

Functions based on .Platform$OS.type and Sys.info() to test if the current operating system is Windows, macOS, Unix, or Linux.

Usage

is_windows()

is_unix()

is_macos()

is_linux()

Examples

library(xfun)
# only one of the following statements should be true
is_windows()
is_unix() && is_macos()
is_linux()
xfun

Miscellaneous Functions to Support Packages Maintained by 'Yihui Xie'

v0.22
MIT + file LICENSE
Authors
Yihui Xie [aut, cre, cph] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-5666>), Wush Wu [ctb], Daijiang Li [ctb], Xianying Tan [ctb], Salim Brüggemann [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5329-5987>), Christophe Dervieux [ctb]
Initial release

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