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.