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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 AT cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS
    *   Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris AT bingosnet.uk>

    *   David Golden <xdg AT xdg.me>

    *   Graham Ollis <plicease AT cpan.org>

    *   Jonas B. Nielsen <jonasbn AT hoarfrost.local>

    *   Owain G. Ainsworth <oga AT nicotinebsd.org>

    *   Paul Green <Paul.Green AT stratus.com>

    *   Piotr Roszatycki <piotr.roszatycki AT 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.