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

[stefano iacus]

what about

 > system("uname")
 >
Darwin


stefano

On 19/set/07, at 16:34, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

> 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
>
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