Perl::OSType(3p) | Perl Programmers Reference Guide | Perl::OSType(3p)

# 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

•
  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

- 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.

2019-02-13 | perl v5.40.1