/** * Things we will need */ var async = require('async') var distros = require('./os.json') var fs = require('fs') var os = require('os') /** * Begin definition of globals. */ var cachedDistro = null // Store result of getLinuxDistro() after first call /** * Module definition. */ module.exports = function getOs(cb) { // Node builtin as first line of defense. var osName = os.platform() // Linux is a special case. if(osName === "linux") return getLinuxDistro(cb) // Else, node's builtin is acceptable. return cb(null,{"os":osName}) } /** * Identify the actual distribution name on a linux box. */ function getLinuxDistro(cb) { /** * First, we check to see if this function has been called before. * Since an OS doesn't change during runtime, its safe to cache * the result and return it for future calls. */ if(cachedDistro) return cb(null,cachedDistro) /** * We are going to take our list of release files from os.json and * check to see which one exists. It is safe to assume that no more * than 1 file in the list from os.json will exist on a distribution. */ getReleaseFile(Object.keys(distros),function(e,file) { if(e) return cb(e) /** * Multiple distributions may share the same release file. * We get our array of candidates and match the format of the release * files and match them to a potential distribution */ var candidates = distros[file], os = {"os":"linux","dist":candidates[0]} fs.readFile(file,'utf-8',function(e,file) { if(e) return cb(e) /** * If we only know of one distribution that has this file, its * somewhat safe to assume that it is the distribution we are * running on. */ if(candidates.length===1) { return customLogic(os,file,function(e,os) { if(e) return cb(e) cachedDistro = os return cb(null,os) }) } /** * First, set everything to lower case to keep inconsistent * specifications from mucking up our logic. */ file = file.toLowerCase() /** * Now we need to check all of our potential candidates one by one. * If their name is in the release file, it is guarenteed to be the * distribution we are running on. If distributions share the same * release file, it is reasonably safe to assume they will have the * distribution name stored in their release file. */ async.each(candidates, function(candidate, done) { /** * We only care about the first word. I.E. for Arch Linux it is safe * to simply search for "arch". Also note, we force lower case to * match file.toLowerCase() above. */ check = candidate.split(" ")[0].toLowerCase() if(file.indexOf(check)>=0) { os.dist = candidate return customLogic(os,file,function(e, augmentedOs) { if(e) return done(e) os = augmentedOs; return done(); }) } else { return done(); } }, function(e) { if(e) return cb(e) cachedDistro = os return cb(null,os) }); }) })() // sneaky sneaky. } /** * Loads a custom logic module to populate additional distribution information */ function customLogic(os,file,cb) { try{require("./logic/"+os.dist.split(" ")[0].toLowerCase()+".js")(os,file,cb)} catch(e) {cb(null,os)} } /** * getReleaseFile() checks an array of filenames and returns the first one it * finds on the filesystem. */ function getReleaseFile(names,cb) { var index = 0 //Lets keep track of which file we are on. /** * checkExists() is a first class function that we are using for recursion. */ return function checkExists() { /** * Lets get the file metadata off the current file. */ fs.stat(names[index],function(e,stat) { /** * Now we check if either the file didn't exist, or it is something * other than a file for some very very bizzar reason. */ if(e || !stat.isFile()) { index++ // If it is not a file, we will check the next one! if(names.length <= index) // Unless we are out of files. return cb(new Error("No unique release file found!")) // Then error. return checkExists() // Re-call this function to check the next file. } cb(null,names[index]) // If we found a file, return it! }) } }