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$OperatingSystem
$OperatingSystem
is a string giving the type of operating system under which
Mathematica
is being run.
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Typical values for
$OperatingSystem
are
"Windows"
,
"MacOSX"
and
"Unix"
.
You can use
$OperatingSystem
to get an idea of what external commands will be available from within
Mathematica
.
$OperatingSystem
typically has the same value for different versions or variants of a particular operating system.
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