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Question

Answer 1

+4 A:

.Platform$OS.type

returns

[1] "unix"

or something else.

Spacedman 2010-01-19 19:39:16

See also R.version() for other OS-type things.

Spacedman 2010-01-19 19:40:41

hmm.. R.version() doesn't work... maybe Sys.info()?

JD Long 2010-01-19 19:45:20

ahh.. capitalization. It's R.Version()

JD Long 2010-01-19 19:55:32

Answer 2

+5 A:

if(.Platform$OS.type == "unix"){ }else {

}

Dan 2010-01-19 19:39:59

i shouldn't have wasted that time with the first comment. Beaten to the punch again.

Dan 2010-01-19 19:40:58

If it had been a useful comment, I would be sympathetic... But that one was really wasted time! :)

Pekka 2010-01-19 19:42:48

Thanks! I could not remember this to save my life.

JD Long 2010-01-19 19:43:57

Answer 3

+5 A:

Sys.info()["sysname"]

rcs 2010-01-19 19:42:15

R: determine if a script is running in Windows or Linux