How can I determine the OS of the system from within a Lua script?

Question

Ok I need to determine the system\'s OS from a Lua script, but Lua as such has no API for this, so I use os.getenv() and query enviromental variables. On Windows checking the en

Answer 1

You can try package.config:sub(1,1). It returns the path separator, which is '\\' on Windows and '/' on Unixes...