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How do I programmatically determine operating system in Java?
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I am seeking to run a common Java program in both Windows and Linux.
The program needs to do some things differently on each platform.
So how can / should my Java program detect it is running under Linux vs. Windows?
apache commons lang has a class SystemUtils.java
you can use :
SystemUtils.IS_OS_LINUX
SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS
Try:
System.getProperty("os.name");
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#getProperties%28%29
Useful simple class are forked by me on:
https://gist.github.com/kiuz/816e24aa787c2d102dd0
public class OSValidator {
private static String OS = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(OS);
if (isWindows()) {
System.out.println("This is Windows");
} else if (isMac()) {
System.out.println("This is Mac");
} else if (isUnix()) {
System.out.println("This is Unix or Linux");
} else if (isSolaris()) {
System.out.println("This is Solaris");
} else {
System.out.println("Your OS is not support!!");
}
}
public static boolean isWindows() {
return OS.contains("win");
}
public static boolean isMac() {
return OS.contains("mac");
}
public static boolean isUnix() {
return (OS.contains("nix") || OS.contains("nux") || OS.contains("aix"));
}
public static boolean isSolaris() {
return OS.contains("sunos");
}
public static String getOS(){
if (isWindows()) {
return "win";
} else if (isMac()) {
return "osx";
} else if (isUnix()) {
return "uni";
} else if (isSolaris()) {
return "sol";
} else {
return "err";
}
}
}
I think It's a best approach to use Apache lang dependency to decide which OS you're running programmatically through Java
import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
public class App {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
if(SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS_7)
System.out.println("It's a Windows 7 OS");
if(SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS_8)
System.out.println("It's a Windows 8 OS");
if(SystemUtils.IS_OS_LINUX)
System.out.println("It's a Linux OS");
if(SystemUtils.IS_OS_MAC)
System.out.println("It's a MAC OS");
}
}
You can use "system.properties.os", for example:
public class GetOs {
public static void main (String[] args) {
String s =
"name: " + System.getProperty ("os.name");
s += ", version: " + System.getProperty ("os.version");
s += ", arch: " + System.getProperty ("os.arch");
System.out.println ("OS=" + s);
}
}
// EXAMPLE OUTPUT: OS=name: Windows 7, version: 6.1, arch: amd64
Here are more details:
- http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/sysprop.html