> $^O is *not* the name of the OS on which perl runs, but on which it was
> built. If you take e.g. ActivePerl, it's binary download is the same for
> all supported versions of Windows.
In MKS perl $^O returns Windows_NT on Windows NT
(I think MKS perl is not ActivePerl)
So, i use the following code snippet.....
# In MKS perl on NT this is necessary due to a bug in basename()
# It doesn't understand Windows_NT and must be told MSWin32
# or pathnames don't work.
use File::Basename;
if ($^O eq "Windows_NT") {
fileparse_set_fstype("MSWin32");
}
Cheers
Mayank
Timothy Johnson wrote:
>
> I don't have it with me, but if you're on a Win32 system, you can use the
> Win32 module that ships standard to determine the OS version.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Geerinckx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:12 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OS Name
>
> on Thu, 09 May 2002 15:27:41 GMT, Shishir K. Singh wrote:
>
> > Is $OSNAME or $^O for windows = "MSWin32" for all the Windows version
> > (95, NT, 2000, XP) ??
>
> >From perldoc perlvar:
>
> $^O The name of the operating system under which this copy of Perl
> was built, as determined during the configuration process. The
> value is identical to "$Config{'osname'}". See also the Config
> manpage and the -V command-line switch documented in the perlrun
> manpage.
>
> $^O is *not* the name of the OS on which perl runs, but on which it was
> built. If you take e.g. ActivePerl, it's binary download is the same for
> all supported versions of Windows. Therefore, $^O will be the same also
> (i.e. "MSWin32").
>
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