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osutil

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v2

v2.0.1

Nov 6, 2025

Changes in this version

+ const SigInt

+ const SigKill

+ const UnixPathMax

+ var MachineID = sync.OnceValue(func() string { ... })

+ var ProductVersion = sync.OnceValues(func() (*semver.Version, error) { ... }) — darwin/amd64

+ func DNSAddresses() ([]string, error)

+ func Dup2(_ int, _ syscall.Handle) error — windows/amd64

+ func Dup2(oldfd, newfd int) (err error) — darwin/amd64, js/wasm, linux/amd64

+ func HandleExitError(err error)

+ func IsBeingRosettaTranslated() bool

+ func LimaUser(ctx context.Context, limaVersion string, warn bool) *user.User

+ func ProductVersion() (*semver.Version, error) — js/wasm, linux/amd64, windows/amd64

+ func ProxySettings() (map[string]string, error)

+ func SignalName(sig os.Signal) string

+ func SysKill(pid int, _ Signal) error — windows/amd64

+ func SysKill(pid int, sig Signal) error — darwin/amd64, js/wasm, linux/amd64

+ func Sysctl(_ context.Context, _ string) (string, error) — windows/amd64

+ func Sysctl(ctx context.Context, name string) (string, error) — darwin/amd64, js/wasm, linux/amd64

+ type Group struct

+ Gid uint32

+ Name string

+ func LookupGroup(name string) (Group, error)

+ type Signal int — windows/amd64

+ type Signal syscall.Signal — darwin/amd64, js/wasm, linux/amd64

+ type Stat struct

+ Gid uint32

+ Uid uint32

+ func SysStat(_ fs.FileInfo) (Stat, bool)

+ func SysStat(fi fs.FileInfo) (Stat, bool)

+ type User struct

+ Gid uint32

+ Group string

+ Home string

+ Name string

+ Uid uint32

+ User string

+ func LookupUser(name string) (User, error)

v2.0.0-rc.0

Nov 4, 2025

v2.0.0-beta.0

Oct 29, 2025

v2.0.0-alpha.2

Oct 3, 2025

v2.0.0-alpha.0

Sep 5, 2025

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github.com/lima-vm/lima