Re^2: how to recognize windows and linux os

'perldoc perlvar'

$OSNAME
$^O     The name of the operating system under which this copy of Perl
        was built, as determined during the configuration process. The
        value is identical to $Config{'osname'}. See also Config and t
+he
        -V command-line switch documented in perlrun.
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Re^3: how to recognize windows and linux os by glasswalk3r (Friar) on Jan 30, 2006 at 16:04 UTC
Defining Your Needs If you know that your module simply will not run in a certain environment, you should set up prerequisites. These allow you to provide a level of safety for your users. Prerequisites include: OSes that your module will not run under Check $^O and %Config for this. $^O will tell you the name of the operating system. Sometimes, this isn't specific enough, so you can check %Config. `use Config; if ( $Config{ osname } ne 'solaris' \|\| $Config{ osver } < 2.9 ) { die "This module needs Solaris 2.9 or higher to run.\n"; }` [download] Source: http://www.perl.com/lpt/a/2005/04/14/cpan_guidelines.html Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior --------------------------------- "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Sir Winston Churchill jdporter fixed markup	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: how to recognize windows and linux os
by glasswalk3r (Friar) on Jan 30, 2006 at 16:04 UTC

Defining Your Needs
If you know that your module simply will not run in a certain environment, you should set up prerequisites. These allow you to provide a level of safety for your users. Prerequisites include:
OSes that your module will not run under
Check $^O and %Config for this. $^O will tell you the name of the operating system. Sometimes, this isn't specific enough, so you can check %Config.
use Config;

if ( $Config{ osname } ne 'solaris' || $Config{ osver } < 2.9 )
{
    die "This module needs Solaris 2.9 or higher to run.\n";
}
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