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@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTORS¶
- •
- Jonas B. Nielsen <jonasbn@hoarfrost.local>
- •
- Owain G. Ainsworth <oga@nicotinebsd.org>
- •
- Paul Green <Paul.Green@stratus.com>
- •
- Piotr Roszatycki <piotr.roszatycki@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.