I’m writing a couple of node shell scripts for use when developing on a platform. We have both Mac and Windows developers. Is there a variable I can check for in Node to run a .sh file in one instance and .bat in another?
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I’m writing a couple of node shell scripts for use when developing on a platform. We have both Mac and Windows developers. Is there a variable I can check for in Node to run a .sh file in one instance and .bat in another?
The variable to use would be
process.platformOn Mac the variable is set to
darwin. On Windows, it is set towin32(even on 64 bit).Current possible values are:
aixdarwinfreebsdlinuxopenbsdsunoswin32android(Experimental, according to the link)I just set this at the top of my jakeFile: