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NAME

6       Devel::CheckOS::Families - what OS "families" are supported "out of the
7       box" by Devel::CheckOS and Devel::AssertOS?
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WHAT IS AN OS FAMILY

10       Computing platforms fall into several categories.  For example, there
11       is the category of Unix-a-likes.  Each of these categories is a
12       "family".  A platform can fall into several families.
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THE Unix FAMILY

15       Broadly speaking, these are platforms where:
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17       Devices are represented as pseudo-files in the filesystem
18       Symlinks and hardlinks are supported in at least some filesystems
19       "Unix-style" permissions are supported
20           That is, there are seperate read/write/execute permissions for file
21           owner, group and anyone.  This implies the presence of multiple
22           user accounts and user groups.  Permissions may not be supported on
23           all filesystems.
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25       The filesystem has a single root
26       The C API for the operating system is largely POSIX-compatible
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THE MicrosoftWindows FAMILY

29       This includes any version of Windows and also includes things like
30       Cygwin which run on top of it.
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THE DEC, Sun, and Apple FAMILIES

33       These include any OS written by, respectively, DEC, Sun, and Apple.
34       They exist because, while, eg, Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X are very
35       different platforms, they do support some unique features - such as
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THE Realtime FAMILY

39       This is for all real-time OSes.  So far, it only includes QNX.
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42       Copyright 2008 David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk>
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44       This documentation is free-as-in-speech.  It may be used, distributed
45       and modified under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share
46       Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License, whose text you may read at
47       http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/
48       <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/>.
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CONSPIRACY

51       This documentation is also free-as-in-mason.
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