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** Private methods
*********/
/// <summary>Detect whether the code is running on Mac.</summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This code is derived from the Mono project (see System.Windows.Forms/System.Windows.Forms/XplatUI.cs). It detects Mac by calling the
/// <c>uname</c> system command and checking the response, which is always 'Darwin' for MacOS.
/// </remarks>
private static bool IsRunningMac()
{
IntPtr buffer = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(8192);
if (EnvironmentUtility.uname(buffer) == 0)
{
string os = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(buffer);
return(os == "Darwin");
}
return(false);
}
catch
{
return(false); // default to Linux
}
finally
{
if (buffer != IntPtr.Zero)
{
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer);
}
}
}
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** Public methods
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/// <summary>Detect the current OS.</summary>
public static Platform DetectPlatform()
{
switch (Environment.OSVersion.Platform)
{
case PlatformID.MacOSX:
return(Platform.Mac);
case PlatformID.Unix:
return(EnvironmentUtility.IsRunningMac()
? Platform.Mac
: Platform.Linux);
default:
return(Platform.Windows);
}
}