what about > system("uname") Darwin
stefano p.s. if one day R will run on the iPhone, you have to change the question below into "Do you see an apple logo somewhere on your device?") On 20/set/07, at 00:37, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > On linux boxes, > version$os and R.version$os > is 'linux-gnu'. I assume that it would be 'darwin-apple' on > Mac's? > > Henrik Bengtsson wrote: >> isApple <- function(...) { >> isApple <- FALSE; >> tryCatch({ >> ans <- readline("Do you see an Apple key on the keyboard you are >> typing on? yes/no"); >> isApple <- (ans == "yes"); >> }, mouseClick = function(ex) { >> isApple <<- TRUE; >> }) >> } >> >> /H >> >> >> On 9/19/07, Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel