NAME
    Perl::OSType - Map Perl operating system names to generic types

VERSION
    version 1.006

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/dagolden/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/dagolden/Perl-OSType>

      git clone https://github.com/dagolden/Perl-OSType.git

AUTHOR
    David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS
    *   Jonas B. Nielsen <jonasbn@hoarfrost.local>

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

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

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2013 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.

