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< check_min_api_version
deprecated >

# check_os

## 🔗NAME

check_os

## 🔗SYNOPSIS

check that the operating system is supported

## 🔗USAGE

    local du = require "lib/dtutils"
    local result = du.check_os(operating_systems)

operating_systems - table - a table of operating system names such as {“windows”,“linux”,“macos”,“unix”}

## 🔗DESCRIPTION

check_os checks a supplied table of operating systems against the operating system the script is running on and returns true if the OS is in the list, otherwise false

## 🔗RETURN VALUE

result - boolean - true if the operating system is supported, false if not.

## 🔗EXAMPLE

    local du = require "lib/dtutils"
    if du.check_os({"windows"}) then
      -- run the script
    else
      dt.print("Script <script name> only runs on windows")
      return
    end

< check_min_api_version
deprecated >