@tauri-apps/plugin-os
Provides operating system-related utility methods and properties.
Type Aliases
Section titled “Type Aliases”type Arch: | "x86" | "x86_64" | "arm" | "aarch64" | "mips" | "mips64" | "powerpc" | "powerpc64" | "riscv64" | "s390x" | "sparc64";Family
Section titled “Family”type Family: "unix" | "windows";OsType
Section titled “OsType”type OsType: | "linux" | "windows" | "macos" | "ios" | "android";Platform
Section titled “Platform”type Platform: | "linux" | "macos" | "ios" | "freebsd" | "dragonfly" | "netbsd" | "openbsd" | "solaris" | "android" | "windows";Functions
Section titled “Functions”arch()
Section titled “arch()”function arch(): ArchReturns the current operating system architecture.
Possible values are 'x86', 'x86_64', 'arm', 'aarch64', 'mips', 'mips64', 'powerpc', 'powerpc64', 'riscv64', 's390x', 'sparc64'.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”Example
Section titled “Example”import { arch } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';const archName = arch();2.0.0
function eol(): stringReturns the operating system-specific end-of-line marker.
\non POSIX\r\non Windows
Returns
Section titled “Returns”string
2.0.0
exeExtension()
Section titled “exeExtension()”function exeExtension(): stringReturns the file extension, if any, used for executable binaries on this platform. Possible values are 'exe' and '' (empty string).
Returns
Section titled “Returns”string
Example
Section titled “Example”import { exeExtension } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';const exeExt = exeExtension();2.0.0
family()
Section titled “family()”function family(): FamilyReturns the current operating system family. Possible values are 'unix', 'windows'.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”Example
Section titled “Example”import { family } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';const family = family();2.0.0
hostname()
Section titled “hostname()”function hostname(): Promise<string | null>Returns the host name of the operating system.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”Promise<string | null>
Example
Section titled “Example”import { hostname } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';const hostname = await hostname();locale()
Section titled “locale()”function locale(): Promise<string | null>Returns a String with a BCP-47 language tag inside. If the locale couldn’t be obtained, null is returned instead.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”Promise<string | null>
Example
Section titled “Example”import { locale } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';const locale = await locale();if (locale) { // use the locale string here}2.0.0
platform()
Section titled “platform()”function platform(): PlatformReturns a string describing the specific operating system in use.
The value is set at compile time. Possible values are 'linux', 'macos', 'ios', 'freebsd', 'dragonfly', 'netbsd', 'openbsd', 'solaris', 'android', 'windows'
Returns
Section titled “Returns”Example
Section titled “Example”import { platform } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';const platformName = platform();2.0.0
type()
Section titled “type()”function type(): OsTypeReturns the current operating system type. Returns 'linux' on Linux, 'macos' on macOS, 'windows' on Windows, 'ios' on iOS and 'android' on Android.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”Example
Section titled “Example”import { type } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';const osType = type();2.0.0
version()
Section titled “version()”function version(): stringReturns the current operating system version.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”string
Example
Section titled “Example”import { version } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';const osVersion = version();2.0.0
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