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Perl::OSType(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Perl::OSType(3perl)
NAME
Perl::OSType - Map Perl operating system names to generic types
VERSION
version 1.007
SYNOPSIS
use Perl::OSType ':all';
$current_type = os_type();
$other_type = os_type('dragonfly'); # gives 'Unix'
DESCRIPTION
Modules that provide OS-specific behaviors often need to know if the current operating
system matches a more generic type of operating systems. For example, 'linux' is a type of
'Unix' operating system and so is 'freebsd'.
This module provides a mapping between an operating system name as given by $^O and a more
generic type. The initial version is based on the OS type mappings provided in
Module::Build and ExtUtils::CBuilder. (Thus, Microsoft operating systems are given the
type 'Windows' rather than 'Win32'.)
USAGE
No functions are exported by default. The export tag ":all" will export all functions
listed below.
os_type()
$os_type = os_type();
$os_type = os_type('MSWin32');
Returns a single, generic OS type for a given operating system name. With no arguments,
returns the OS type for the current value of $^O. If the operating system is not
recognized, the function will return the empty string.
is_os_type()
$is_windows = is_os_type('Windows');
$is_unix = is_os_type('Unix', 'dragonfly');
Given an OS type and OS name, returns true or false if the OS name is of the given type.
As with "os_type", it will use the current operating system as a default if no OS name is
provided.
SEE ALSO
· Devel::CheckOS
SUPPORT
Bugs / Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at
<https://github.com/dagolden/Perl-OSType/issues>. You will be notified automatically of
any progress on your issue.
Source Code
This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and
contribution under the terms of the license.
<https://github.com/dagolden/Perl-OSType>
git clone https://github.com/dagolden/Perl-OSType.git
AUTHOR
David Golden <dagolden AT cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTORS
· Jonas B. Nielsen <jonasbn AT hoarfrost.local>
· Owain G. Ainsworth <oga AT nicotinebsd.org>
· Paul Green <Paul.Green AT stratus.com>
· Piotr Roszatycki <piotr.roszatycki AT gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2014 by David Golden.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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