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)