Triggered by the discussion on this thread, and scratching an itch (I need the notion of a cross-platform file system for something I am working on), I have released Filesys::Type 0.01.

Currently supported platforms are Windows and Unix, though other platforms can be added via plugins (the module uses Module::Pluggable). VMS support is coming in the next version.

I have written a few basic tests for the module, but it's very difficult when I have no idea what hardware exists on the machine on which the module is being installed. I would be very grateful for any insights into how to write such tests (mock file systems? mock operating systems??). I would also like the module to be tested on as many hardware and O/S configurations as possible.

Comments, suggestions, feedback, patches, all welcome.

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Re: RFC: Filesys::Type
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 13, 2005 at 11:12 UTC

    The CPAN testers will automagically test your module with various configurations. Unfortunately, the later CPANPLUS (as of v0.0050) all broke cpan smoke testing, but luckily, CPAN::YACSmoke picked up the baton.

    You will be notified of failures, maybe together with a detailed report of the failure. You can also view the failures via your CPAN page, via the "CPAN Testers" link.

    Update: Put in correct link to CPAN Testers

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Re: RFC: Filesys::Type
by ghenry (Vicar) on Jun 13, 2005 at 10:51 UTC

    Installed via cpan module and tested fine on a:

    Dell SC420 with Centos 3.5 (Recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Server 3, with enhancements), Celeron 2.53, 1GB RAM and perl 5.8.6 using:

    #!/usr/local/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Filesys::Type qw(fstype);

my $fs = '/home';
  warn "Not able to share with Windows"
    if (fstype($fs) ne 'vfat');

print fstype($fs) . "\n";

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    HTH.

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