#!/usr/bin/env bash

# simple script to determine OS type and linux distribution, this is good for cross platform scripts

distro=$(lsb_release -i | cut -f 2-)

echo "Your OS is ${OSTYPE} and your distribution is: ${distro}"

if [ "${distro}" == "Debian" ] ; then
    echo "Debian Linux is your distro!"
else
    echo "Debian Linux is not your distro!"
fi

# from stack overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/394230/how-to-detect-the-os-from-a-bash-script
#
# if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
        # ...
# elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
        # Mac OSX
# elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "cygwin" ]]; then
        # POSIX compatibility layer and Linux environment emulation for Windows
# elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "msys" ]]; then
        # Lightweight shell and GNU utilities compiled for Windows (part of MinGW)
# elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "win32" ]]; then
        # I'm not sure this can happen.
# elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "freebsd"* ]]; then
        # ...
# else
        # Unknown.
# fi
# addendum:
# On Windows, you will get msys for Git Bash/msysGit, and cygwin for Cygwin –
#
# # Detect the platform (similar to $OSTYPE)
# OS="`uname`"
# case $OS in
  # 'Linux')
    # OS='Linux'
    # alias ls='ls --color=auto'
    # ;;
  # 'FreeBSD')
    # OS='FreeBSD'
    # alias ls='ls -G'
    # ;;
  # 'WindowsNT')
    # OS='Windows'
    # ;;
  # 'Darwin')
    # OS='Mac'
    # ;;
  # 'SunOS')
    # OS='Solaris'
    # ;;
  # 'AIX') ;;
  # *) ;;
# esac