[Rake-devel] ~/.rake file?

[Adam Salter]

On 16/08/2008, at 1:54 AM, Berger, Daniel wrote:

> Don't do this:
>
> PLATFORM =~ /win32/
>
> First, PLATFORM is deprecated instead of RUBY_PLATFORM. But, with the
> advent of alternative implementations like Jruby and IronRuby,
> RUBY_PLATFORM is no longer a wise approach. Jruby, for example, will
> return 'java' for the RUBY_PLATFORM, even if you're on Windows.
>
> Use rbconfig + host_os instead:
>
> require 'rbconfig'
>
> if Config::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin/I
> ...


Can someone please confirm that this is the "absolute" best way to  
check for Windows? There was some discussion that there would be  
different reports for MinGW...

Pending confirmation I'm going to use this method.

Thanks,
-Adam