Re: [julia-users] Get the OS

[Jacob Quinn]

See here:
http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/stdlib/base/?highlight=windows#Base.@windows

There are also the

@windows_only ...code...
@unix_only ...code
@osx_only ...code
@linux_only code...

Or the variable name `OS_NAME` that will return the OS name as a symbol.

Plenty of options :)

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Ben Ward  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can I check the OS in Julia? I thought it may be in the Getting Around
> section of the reference manual but it's not. Basically I'd like to check
> the OS to see if I should write to /dev/null or just NUL in the case of
> windows.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben.
>

Re: [julia-users] Get the OS

[Ben Ward]

I don't think Base.DevNull works for this at present, it only works for 
redirecting streams.

On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 8:54:47 PM UTC, Yichao Yu wrote:
>
> Also 
> http://julia.readthedocs.org/en/latest/stdlib/base/?highlight=devnull#Base.DevNull
>  
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Jacob Quinn  > wrote: 
> > See here: 
> > 
> http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/stdlib/base/?highlight=windows#Base.@windows
>  
> > 
> > There are also the 
> > 
> > @windows_only ...code... 
> > @unix_only ...code 
> > @osx_only ...code 
> > @linux_only code... 
> > 
> > Or the variable name `OS_NAME` that will return the OS name as a symbol. 
> > 
> > Plenty of options :) 
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Ben Ward  > wrote: 
> >> 
> >> Hi, 
> >> 
> >> How can I check the OS in Julia? I thought it may be in the Getting 
> Around 
> >> section of the reference manual but it's not. Basically I'd like to 
> check 
> >> the OS to see if I should write to /dev/null or just NUL in the case of 
> >> windows. 
> >> 
> >> Thanks, 
> >> Ben. 
> > 
> > 
>

Re: [julia-users] Get the OS

[Yichao Yu]

Also 
http://julia.readthedocs.org/en/latest/stdlib/base/?highlight=devnull#Base.DevNull

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Jacob Quinn  wrote:
> See here:
> http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/stdlib/base/?highlight=windows#Base.@windows
>
> There are also the
>
> @windows_only ...code...
> @unix_only ...code
> @osx_only ...code
> @linux_only code...
>
> Or the variable name `OS_NAME` that will return the OS name as a symbol.
>
> Plenty of options :)
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Ben Ward  wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How can I check the OS in Julia? I thought it may be in the Getting Around
>> section of the reference manual but it's not. Basically I'd like to check
>> the OS to see if I should write to /dev/null or just NUL in the case of
>> windows.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben.
>
>