From 05dad94966b58796695b3046b2f3efc0b3b35eb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jared Smartt Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:06:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add OS note for Cygwin/MinGW --- _docs/060_alternates.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/_docs/060_alternates.md b/_docs/060_alternates.md index f47a248..e2165bb 100644 --- a/_docs/060_alternates.md +++ b/_docs/060_alternates.md @@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ be omitted. Most attributes can be abbreviated as a single letter. The OS for "Windows Subsystem for Linux" is reported as "WSL", even though uname identifies as "Linux".
* +The OS for Linux-like runtimes for Windows (e.g. MinGW, Cygwin) is obtained by running `uname -o`. +
+* If `lsb_release` is not available, "distro" will be the ID specified in `/etc/os-release`.