Perl::OSType - Map Perl operating system names to generic types
use Perl::OSType ':all'; $current_type = os_type(); $other_type = os_type('dragonfly'); # gives 'Unix'
Perl Programmers Reference Guide Perl::OSType(3) 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. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+-----------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+-----------------------+ |Availability | runtime/perl-532 | +---------------+-----------------------+ |Stability | Pass-through volatile | +---------------+-----------------------+ SEE ALSO o 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 o Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk> o David Golden <xdg@xdg.me> o Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org> o Jonas B. Nielsen <jonasbn@hoarfrost.local> o Owain G. Ainsworth <oga@nicotinebsd.org> o Paul Green <Paul.Green@stratus.com> o 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. NOTES Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source- code-downloads.html. This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.32.0.tar.gz. Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at https://www.perl.org/. perl v5.32.0 2020-06-14 Perl::OSType(3)