1Perl::OSType(3)       User Contributed Perl Documentation      Perl::OSType(3)
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NAME

6       Perl::OSType - Map Perl operating system names to generic types
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VERSION

9       version 1.010
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SYNOPSIS

12         use Perl::OSType ':all';
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14         $current_type = os_type();
15         $other_type = os_type('dragonfly'); # gives 'Unix'
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DESCRIPTION

18       Modules that provide OS-specific behaviors often need to know if the
19       current operating system matches a more generic type of operating
20       systems. For example, 'linux' is a type of 'Unix' operating system and
21       so is 'freebsd'.
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23       This module provides a mapping between an operating system name as
24       given by $^O and a more generic type.  The initial version is based on
25       the OS type mappings provided in Module::Build and ExtUtils::CBuilder.
26       (Thus, Microsoft operating systems are given the type 'Windows' rather
27       than 'Win32'.)
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USAGE

30       No functions are exported by default. The export tag ":all" will export
31       all functions listed below.
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33   os_type()
34         $os_type = os_type();
35         $os_type = os_type('MSWin32');
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37       Returns a single, generic OS type for a given operating system name.
38       With no arguments, returns the OS type for the current value of $^O.
39       If the operating system is not recognized, the function will return the
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42   is_os_type()
43         $is_windows = is_os_type('Windows');
44         $is_unix    = is_os_type('Unix', 'dragonfly');
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46       Given an OS type and OS name, returns true or false if the OS name is
47       of the given type.  As with "os_type", it will use the current
48       operating system as a default if no OS name is provided.
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SEE ALSO

51       •   Devel::CheckOS
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SUPPORT

54   Bugs / Feature Requests
55       Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at
56       <https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/Perl-OSType/issues>.  You will
57       be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.
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59   Source Code
60       This is open source software.  The code repository is available for
61       public review and contribution under the terms of the license.
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63       <https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/Perl-OSType>
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65         git clone https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/Perl-OSType.git
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AUTHOR

68       David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
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CONTRIBUTORS

71       •   Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>
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73       •   David Golden <xdg@xdg.me>
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75       •   Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
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77       •   Jonas B. Nielsen <jonasbn@hoarfrost.local>
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79       •   Owain G. Ainsworth <oga@nicotinebsd.org>
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81       •   Paul Green <Paul.Green@stratus.com>
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83       •   Piotr Roszatycki <piotr.roszatycki@gmail.com>
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86       This software is copyright (c) 2016 by David Golden.
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88       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
89       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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