Works on Debian and Mac OS X at the moment.
which $1 | grep -E '^/' > /dev/null
}
+# Prints the current OS. Supported are Debian (debian) and Mac OS X (darwin)
+# at the moment. If an unsupported OS is used an error is printed.
+os() {
+ if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
+ echo debian
+ elif [ x`uname` = xDarwin ]; then
+ echo darwin
+ else
+ echo unsupported OS! >&2
+ return 1
+ fi
+}
+
# Creates a symbolic link for file $1 in dirname of $2 with name of basenmae
# $2.
#