[Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 9/19/2007 9:41 AM, Gorjanc Gregor wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Is there any way to test if R is running on a Mac? I usually use
> value of .Platform$OS.type for windows or unix, but Mac falls in the
> latter group.

Remember to also look at .Platform$GUI:  the GUI version behaves quite 
differently from command line R from a user's point of view (both on the 
Mac and on Windows), and occasionally from a programmer's point of view 
(e.g. the graphics device on the Mac).

Duncan