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montana

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Detect OS in Go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "runtime"
)

func main() {
    // The runtime.GOOS constant can be used to detect the OS at runtime,
    // since this constant is only set at runtime.
    os := runtime.GOOS

    switch os {
    case "windows":
        fmt.Println("Windows")
    case "darwin":
        fmt.Println("MacOS")
    case "linux":
        fmt.Println("Linux")
    default:
        fmt.Printf("%s.\n", os)
    }

    // The runtime.GOARCH constant can be used to determine the target architecture of a running program.
    fmt.Println(runtime.GOARCH)
}

// Output:
// Linux
// amd64

GOOS constant to determine the operating system your Go program is running on. Here's an example of how to check the operating system in Go.

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alexsib

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Handle OS signals in Go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "os/signal"
    "syscall"
)

func main() {
    sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1) // create channel for signal, it should be buffered
    signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGINT) // register the channel to receive notifications of the specified signals
    done := make(chan bool, 1)

    go func() {
        sig := <-sigs // wait for OS signal, once received, notify main go routine
        fmt.Printf("\nos signal: %v\n", sig)
        done <- true
    }()

    fmt.Println("awaiting signal")
    <-done // wait for the expected signal and then exit
    fmt.Println("exiting")
}

// $ go run main.go 
// awaiting os signal
// ^C
// os signal: interrupt
// exiting program

Here is an example go program for processing Unix signals using channels. Signal processing can be useful, for example, for correct terminating of program when receiving SIGTINT.