For personal use, virtualization enables users to run different operating systems on their home PC, such as running Windows on a Mac, or running Linux on a Windows PC - and vice versa.
- Since Mac uses bash shell, so the environment variables can be added to the.bashprofile directory, for the current user. The path to this file can be found using the command.
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Definition
Gets the current platform identifier and version number.
Property Value
- OperatingSystem
The platform identifier and version number.
Exceptions
Operating Environment For Mac Operating System
This property was unable to obtain the system version.
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Operating Environment For Mac Osx
The obtained platform identifier is not a member of PlatformID
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Remarks
Mac Operating System
In .NET versions prior to .NET 5.0, Environment.OSVersion returns an OS version that may be incorrect when an application runs under Windows compatibility mode. For more information, see GetVersionExA function remarks. In .NET 5.0 and later, Environment.OSVersion always returns the actual OS version. For more information, see Environment.OSVersion returns the correct operating system version.
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To identify the operating system platform, for example, Linux or Windows, you can use the RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform method.