Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
I had the same problem. The following line using either 'apple' or
'darwin' does the job for me (tested on many different Macs):
length(grep("apple", tolower(Sys.getenv("R_PLATFORM" != 0
On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 15:41 +0200, Gorjanc Gregor wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is there any way to test if R is running on a Mac? I usually use
> value of .Platform$OS.type for windows or unix, but Mac falls in the
> latter group.
>
> Thanks, Gregor
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Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
Gregor Gorjanc-2 wrote: > > Hi! > > Is there any way to test if R is running on a Mac? I usually use > value of .Platform$OS.type for windows or unix, but Mac falls in the > latter group. > > Thanks, Gregor > What is in .Platform$path.sep? Windows has ";", unix has ":". Mac? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-test-if-R-is-running-on-a-Mac-tf4481121.html#a12778663 Sent from the R devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
Vladimir Eremeev wrote: > > > Gregor Gorjanc-2 wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> Is there any way to test if R is running on a Mac? I usually use >> value of .Platform$OS.type for windows or unix, but Mac falls in the >> latter group. >> >> Thanks, Gregor >> > > What is in .Platform$path.sep? > Windows has ";", unix has ":". > Mac? > And what is in .Platform$file.sep? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-test-if-R-is-running-on-a-Mac-tf4481121.html#a12778683 Sent from the R devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
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
Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
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
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Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
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
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Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
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
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Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, stefano iacus wrote:
> what about
>
> > system("uname")
> Darwin
Why not use Sys.info() or R.version to find that?
> 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?")
And in any case other OSes run on Apple hardware: I believe several R
developers use a MacBook to run Windows or Linux. Beyond that, R could be
running remotely, not on the computer to which the keyboard is attached.
Then there is virtualization which allows one OS to run under another.
So I don't if the question was really
- is R running on Mac hardware
- is R running under MacOS X GUI
- is R running under Darwin
...
which all seem reasonable questions, but different ones. (MacOS X vs
Darwin is similar to Solaris vs SunOS: the first of the pair includes a
user interface and not just an OS.)
>
> 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
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Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
I use Sys.info()["sysname"]. It returns "Darwin" on a Mac, "Windows" on MS Windows and "Linux" on my Linux box. Is this sufficient for your needs, I'm using R-2.6.0alpha on MS Windows and 2.5.0 on Mac and Linux at the moment. cheers, Keith Satterley Bioinformatics Division The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send R-devel mailing list submissions to > r-devel@r-project.org > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:41:22 +0200 > From: Gorjanc Gregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac > To: "r-devel@r-project.org" > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi! > > Is there any way to test if R is running on a Mac? I usually use > value of .Platform$OS.type for windows or unix, but Mac falls in the > latter group. > > Thanks, Gregor __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
Prof Ripley had already spoken with a better solution (Sys.info())...
The problem with system("uname") is that it depends on shell behavior
and also the availability of an external utility - 'uname' - i.e.
although it would work as intended on mac OS X, it would die on windows
due to not having 'uname' or 'uname' not working the same way... plus
the usual stdout vs console complications on windows, etc.
stefano iacus wrote:
> what about
>
> > system("uname")
> Darwin
>
> stefano
> p.s. if one day R will run on the iPhone, you have to change the
> question below into "Do you see an apple logo somewhere on your device?")
>
> On 20/set/07, at 00:37, Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
>
>> On linux boxes,
>>version$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$GUI: the GUI version behaves quite
differently from command line R from a user's point of view (both on
the
Mac and on Windows), and occasionally from a programmer's point of view
(e.g. the graphics device on the Mac).
Duncan
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Re: [Rd] How to test if R is running on a Mac
what about
> system("uname")
>
Darwin
stefano
On 19/set/07, at 16:34, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 9/19/2007 9:41 AM, Gorjanc Gregor wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Is there any way to test if R is running on a Mac? I usually use
>> value of .Platform$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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