IsLinux
-------

Whether we run on Linux.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Plugin](component_Plugin.md) | [6.1](newinversion61.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "IsLinux" ) ### Parameters

none

### Result

Returns 1, 0 or error.

### Description

Whether we run on Linux.  
Returns 1 if running on Linux and 0 if not.  
For FileMaker 14 and older this is definitive always 0.  
  
Returns 1 on FileMaker Cloud as this uses a 64-bit Linux.  
### See also

- [Barcode.LoadLibrary](BarcodeLoadLibrary.md)
- [CURL.SetOptionCAInfo](CURLSetOptionCAInfo.md)
- [IsMacOS](IsMacOS.md)
- [IsWindows](IsWindows.md)
- [Saxon.Load](SaxonLoad.md)
- [XL.Initialize](XLInitialize.md)
- [XL.IsInitialized](XLIsInitialized.md)

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This function is free to use.

Created 2nd March 2016 , last changed 21st October 2017

  
[IsIOSSimulator](IsIOSSimulator.md) - [IsMacOS](IsMacOS.md)

[HTML Version](IsLinux.shtml)