How do I programmatically determine operating system in Java?
To programmatically determine the operating system in Java, you can use the System.getProperty
method and pass it the "os.name" property. This will return a string that contains the name of the operating system.
For example:
String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
System.out.println(osName);
This will print the name of the operating system to the console.
You can then use this string to determine the operating system. For example:
if (osName.startsWith("Windows")) {
// do something specific to Windows
} else if (osName.startsWith("Mac")) {
// do something specific to Mac
} else if (osName.startsWith("Linux")) {
// do something specific to Linux
}
Note that the string returned by System.getProperty("os.name")
may contain additional information about the version and architecture of the operating system. For example, on Windows it may return a string like "Windows 10" or "Windows 7". On Mac it may return a string like "Mac OS X" or "Mac OS X 10.15". You may need to parse this string to get specific information about the operating system.