Determine the Machine R is Running On

Description

This function returns a character string which specifies what kind of environment R is being run in.

Usage

machine()

Value

A character string, one of "Unix", "Macintosh" or "Win32". The `darwin' MacOS X port returns "Unix".

See Also

.Platform which provides more than machine(); Machine for the characteristics of the platform's arithmetic.

Examples

machine()# to see yours
tolower(machine()) == .Platform $OS.type ## --> TRUE except on Windows.
if (machine() == "Macintosh")
  cat("You are using a Macintosh computer\n")