Operating System

Functions to detect Operating system and version.

Table of Contents

os::detect_os()

Identify the OS the function is run on.

Function has no arguments.

Exit codes

  • 0: If OS is successfully detected.
  • 1: If unable to detect OS.

Output on stdout

  • Operating system name (linux, mac or windows).

Example

os::detect_os
#Output
linux

os::detect_linux_distro()

Identify the distribution flavour of linux.

Function has no arguments.

Exit codes

  • 0: If Linux distro is successfully detected.
  • 1: If unable to detect OS distro.

Output on stdout

  • Linux OS distribution name (ubuntu, debian, suse, etc.,).

Example

os::detect_linux_distro
#Output
ubuntu

os::detect_linux_version()

Identify the Linux version.

Function has no arguments.

Exit codes

  • 0: If Linux version is successfully detected.
  • 1: If unable to detect Linux version.

Output on stdout

  • Linux OS version number (18.04, 20.04, etc.,).

Example

os::detect_linux_version
#Output
20.04

os::detect_mac_version()

Identify the MacOS version.

Function has no arguments.

Exit codes

  • 0: If MacOS version is successfully detected.
  • 1: If unable to detect MacOS version.

Output on stdout

  • MacOS version number (10.15.6, etc.,)

Example

os::detect_linux_version
#Output
10.15.7