package operatingsystem import ( "syscall" "unsafe" ) // See https://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse/src/pkg/mime/type_windows.go?r=d14520ac25bf6940785aabb71f5be453a286f58c // for a similar sample func GetOperatingSystem() (string, error) { var h syscall.Handle // Default return value ret := "Unknown Operating System" if err := syscall.RegOpenKeyEx(syscall.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, syscall.StringToUTF16Ptr(`SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\`), 0, syscall.KEY_READ, &h); err != nil { return ret, err } defer syscall.RegCloseKey(h) var buf [1 << 10]uint16 var typ uint32 n := uint32(len(buf) * 2) // api expects array of bytes, not uint16 if err := syscall.RegQueryValueEx(h, syscall.StringToUTF16Ptr("ProductName"), nil, &typ, (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0])), &n); err != nil { return ret, err } ret = syscall.UTF16ToString(buf[:]) return ret, nil } // No-op on Windows func IsContainerized() (bool, error) { return false, nil }