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PDFA and EXFO Laser are now part of the family

Functions/helper_functions_community/mat2tikz/test/private/OSVersion.m

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+function [formatted, OSType, OSVersion] = OSVersion()
+    % determines the OS type and its (kernel) version number
+    if ismac
+        OSType = 'Mac OS';
+        [dummy, OSVersion] = system('sw_vers -productVersion'); %#ok
+        % Output like "10.10.4" for OS X Yosemite
+
+    elseif ispc
+        OSType = 'Windows';
+        [dummy, rawVersion] = system('ver'); %#ok
+        % Output like "Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]" for Win8.1
+        pattern = '(?<=Version )[0-9.]+';
+        OSVersion = regexpi(rawVersion, pattern, 'match', 'once');
+
+    elseif isunix
+        [dummy, OSType] = system('uname -s'); %#ok
+        % This returns the kernal name
+        % e.g. "Linux" on Linux, "Darwin" on Mac, "SunOS" on Solaris
+        [dummy, OSVersion] = system('uname -r'); %#ok
+        % Returns the kernel version. Many Linux distributions
+        % include an identifier, e.g. "4.0.7-2-ARCH" on Arch Linux
+
+        % TODO: also use `lsb_release` in Linux for distro info
+    else
+        warning('OSVersion:UnknownOS', 'Could not recognize OS.');
+        OSType = 'Unknown OS';
+        OSVersion = '';
+
+    end
+
+    EOL = sprintf('\n');
+    OSType = strrep(OSType, EOL, '');
+    OSVersion = strrep(OSVersion, EOL, '');
+
+    formatted = strtrim([OSType ' ' OSVersion]);
+end