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| author | Mars Wong <marswong618@gmail.com> | 2018-01-09 19:15:59 +0800 |
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| committer | Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de> | 2018-01-19 13:29:24 +0100 |
| commit | 36b13eb0e9e850fb8239327c23a2da864aabf6c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 2167376d0d0493e5983ffb89bffe2dac6ebcb052 /doc | |
| parent | 3815f0c880624d15237d7fd79afe26299ea0b455 (diff) | |
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doc: improve process.platform
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18057
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md index 44b48b4f4b..405d629635 100644 --- a/doc/api/process.md +++ b/doc/api/process.md @@ -1439,13 +1439,26 @@ added: v0.1.16 * {string} The `process.platform` property returns a string identifying the operating -system platform on which the Node.js process is running. For instance -`'darwin'`, `'freebsd'`, `'linux'`, `'sunos'` or `'win32'` +system platform on which the Node.js process is running. + +Currently possible values are: + +* `'aix'` +* `'darwin'` +* `'freebsd'` +* `'linux'` +* `'openbsd'` +* `'sunos'` +* `'win32'` ```js console.log(`This platform is ${process.platform}`); ``` +The value `'android'` may also be returned if the Node.js is built on the +Android operating system. However, Android support in Node.js +[is experimental][Supported platforms]. + ## process.ppid <!-- YAML added: v9.2.0 @@ -2017,5 +2030,6 @@ cases: [Readable]: stream.html#stream_readable_streams [Signal Events]: #process_signal_events [Stream compatibility]: stream.html#stream_compatibility_with_older_node_js_versions +[Supported platforms]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md#supported-platforms-1 [TTY]: tty.html#tty_tty [Writable]: stream.html#stream_writable_streams |