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is-windows

MITJavaScript

Detects if the current platform is Windows, including Cygwin and MSYS/MinGW environments.

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Overview

Returns true if the platform is Windows (and Cygwin or MSYS/MinGW for unit tests)

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Stars48
Forks12
Contributors0
Open Issues0
Last commit7 years ago
CreatedSince 2015

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#platform#cygwin#environment-check#mingw#nodejs#is#platform-detection#javascript#cross-platform#utility#node-js#browser#os#windows

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