OS Info

This package provides a cross-platform way to identify the hardware your go code is running on.

The following fields are provided by the OSInfo struct:

| Field | Description | | ------------ | --------------------------------------- | | Family | The OS type as defined by GOOS | | Architecture | The architecture as defined by GOARCH | | ID | The OS ID as defined by the OS | | Name | The OS name as defined by the OS | | Codename | The release codename (if any) | | Version | The release version | | Build | The build number (if any) |

Supported Operating Systems

The following operating systems are currently supported:

• Linux
• FreeBSD
• macOS
• Windows

If you wish to see another operating system supported (provided it is in this list), please open a pull request with the necessary changes and tests. Use one of the existing getOSInfoXYZ() functions as a guide (most commonly it involves parsing the output from a command or file).

Usage

	info, err := osinfo.GetOSInfo()
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: Handle this
	}

	fmt.Printf("Family:       %v\n", info.Family)
	fmt.Printf("Architecture: %v\n", info.Architecture)
	fmt.Printf("ID:           %v\n", info.ID)
	fmt.Printf("Name:         %v\n", info.Name)
	fmt.Printf("Codename:     %v\n", info.Codename)
	fmt.Printf("Version:      %v\n", info.Version)
	fmt.Printf("Build:        %v\n", info.Build)
	fmt.Printf("IsWSL:        %t\n", info.IsWSL)

Output on various platforms

Ubuntu Linux

Family:       linux
Architecture: amd64
ID:           ubuntu
Name:         Ubuntu
Codename:     eoan
Version:      19.10
Build:
IsWSL:        false

Ubuntu Linux running under WSL

Family:       linux
Architecture: amd64
ID:           ubuntu
Name:         Ubuntu (WSL)
Codename:     eoan
Version:      19.10
Build:
IsWSL:        true

Alpine Linux

Family:       linux
Architecture: amd64
ID:           alpine
Name:         Alpine Linux
Codename:
Version:      3.8.0
Build:
IsWSL:        false

Windows

Family:       windows
Architecture: amd64
ID:           windows
Name:         Windows 10 Pro
Codename:     1903
Version:      10.0
Build:        18362
IsWSL:        false

FreeBSD

Family:       freebsd
Architecture: amd64
ID:           freebsd
Name:         FreeBSD
Codename:
Version:      12.0-RELEASE
Build:        r341666
IsWSL:        false

Mac OS

Family:       darwin
Architecture: amd64
ID:           darwin
Name:         Mac OS X
Codename:     Sierra
Version:      10.12.6
Build:        16G2136
IsWSL:        false