Perl::OSType(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Perl::OSType(3p)

Perl::OSType(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Perl::OSType(3p) #

Perl::OSType(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Perl::OSType(3p)

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

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 version 1.010

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   use Perl::OSType ':all';

   $current_type = os_type();
   $other_type = os_type('dragonfly'); # gives 'Unix'

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 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'.)

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 No functions are exported by default. The export tag ":all" will export
 all functions listed below.

ooss__ttyyppee(()) $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.

iiss__ooss__ttyyppee(()) $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.

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 •   Devel::CheckOS

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BBuuggss // FFeeaattuurree RReeqquueessttss 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.

SSoouurrccee CCooddee 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

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 David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

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 •   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>

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 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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