#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
#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.