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Standard Library

OS

Methods

os.args()

Returns a list of command line arguments passed to a Zaid script. The first element [0] is the script name.

os.args()

os.clock()

Returns the number of nanoseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 UTC.

January 1st, 1970 at 00:00:00 UTC is referred to as the Unix epoch. Early Unix engineers picked that date arbitrarily because they needed to set a uniform date for the start of time, and New Year's Day, 1970, seemed most convenient.

os.clock()

// expected value: 1643344902998773000

os.exit()

Causes the current program to exit with the given status code and optional message. Conventionally, code zero indicates success, non-zero an error. The program terminates immediately.

For portability, the status code should be in the range [0, 125].

os.exit(0, "Process completed successfully")

// expected outout: Process completed successfully

Properties

os.name

Returns the name of the current operating system:

  • darwin (macos)
  • linux
  • windows
os.name

// expected value: darwin