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#

SUPPORT#

Bugs / Feature Requests#

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at 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.

Perl-Toolchain-Gang/Perl-OSType

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

AUTHOR#

David Golden dagolden@cpan.org

CONTRIBUTORS#