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.
+# Prints the current OS. Supported are Debian (debian), Gentoo (gentoo) 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 [ -f /etc/gentoo-release ]; then
+ echo gentoo
elif [ x`uname` = xDarwin ]; then
echo darwin
else