Module: Distroid

Defined in:
lib/distroid.rb,
lib/distroid/version.rb

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"0.2.0"

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#distro? ⇒ Boolean

Detects the Linux distrubution the host system runs



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# File 'lib/distroid.rb', line 5

def distro?
  # TODO: this is _very_ rudimentary at the moment, but it works
  # TODO: detect Arch and similar
  return :fedora   if File.exist?("/etc/fedora-release")
  return :redhat   if File.exist?("/etc/redhat-release")
  return :debian   if File.exist?("/etc/debian_version")
  return :suse     if File.exist?("/etc/SUSE-release")
  return :mandrake if File.exist?("/etc/mandrake-release")
end

#os? ⇒ Boolean

Detects which operating system the host computer is using



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# File 'lib/distroid.rb', line 16

def os?
  # TODO: implement, possibly using `uname` or similar.  I'd like to avoid
  #       using the sysinfo gem, simply so that there are no deps.
end