CONTENTS

• NAME
• VERSION
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• USAGE
  • os_type()
  • is_os_type()
• SEE ALSO
• SUPPORT
  • Bugs / Feature Requests
  • Source Code
• AUTHOR
• CONTRIBUTORS
• COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

#NAME

Perl::OSType - Map Perl operating system names to generic types

#VERSION

version 1.010

#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/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/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/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/Perl-OSType

git clone https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/Perl-OSType.git

#AUTHOR

David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

#CONTRIBUTORS

• Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

• David Golden <xdg@xdg.me>

• Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

• 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) 2016 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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