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isPlatformLinux

boolean sutil.isPlatformLinux ( )

Description

Determine if operating system is a Linux platform.

Parameters

This method does not receive parameters.

Return Values

Returns true if the operating system is Linux; otherwise, it returns false.

Change Log

Version Description
5.0 Added for all editions.

Examples

Check Linux Platform

 url = "http://www.foo.com/imgs/puppy_image.gif";

 // Determine download location based on platform
 if ( sutil.isPlatformLinux() )
 {
     session.downloadFile( url, "/home/user/images/puppy.gif" );
 }
 else if ( sutil.isPlatformMac() )
 {
     session.downloadFile( url, "/Volumes/Documents/images/puppy.gif" );
 }
 else if ( sutil.isPlatformWindows() )
 {
     session.downloadFile( url, "c:/images/puppy.gif" );
 }

scraper on 07/16/2010 at 5:20 pm