osversion

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Overview

Package osversion returns a one-line human-readable OS version label for the running host, e.g. "macOS 15.1.0" / "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS" / "Windows 11 Pro 26100". Distinct from the compile-time runtime.GOOS ("darwin" / "linux" / "windows") in two important ways:

1. It reflects the actual host OS at runtime, not the binary's build target. A darwin binary scp'd to a linux box would still report runtime.GOOS=="darwin" but couldn't actually start there; this package gives cloudbox the real story.
2. It includes the version/distribution, useful for the SPA's "running where" display ("macOS 15.1" beats "darwin").

Cached on first call — host OS version doesn't change at process lifetime, and the underlying calls (sw_vers / /etc/os-release / ver) are exec/IO heavy enough that we don't want to repeat them per poll.

Index

• func String() string

Functions

func String

func String() string

String returns the cached one-line OS version label. Falls back to runtime.GOOS when the platform-specific lookup fails or isn't implemented (BSDs, Solaris, etc).