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OS

Provides common functionality related to the operating system.

Methods
os.args()
Returns a list of command line arguments passed to a Ghost 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()
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// 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")
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// expected outout: Process completed successfully
Properties
os.name
Returns the name of the current operating system:
darwin (macos)
linux
windows
os.name
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// expected value: darwin

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OS

Methods

`os.args()`

`os.clock()`

`os.exit()`

Properties

`os.name`