webgui/lib/WebGUI/Session/Os.pm
2008-02-07 23:28:18 +00:00

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Perl

package WebGUI::Session::Os;
=head1 LEGAL
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WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2008 Plain Black Corporation.
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Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
(docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
this software.
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http://www.plainblack.com info@plainblack.com
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=cut
use strict;
=head1 NAME
Package WebGUI::Session::Os
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This package allows you to reference environment variables.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
$os = WebGUI::Session::Os->new;
$value = $os->get('name');
=head1 METHODS
These methods are available from this package:
=cut
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
=head2 DESTROY ( )
Deconstructor.
=cut
sub DESTROY {
my $self = shift;
undef $self;
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
=head2 get( varName )
Retrieves the current value of an operating system variable.
=head3 varName
The name of the variable.
=head4 name
The name of the operating system as reported by perl.
=head4 type
Will either be "Windowsish" or "Linuxish", which is often more useful than name because the differences between various flavors of Unix, Linux, and BSD are usually not that significant.
=cut
sub get {
my $self = shift;
my $var = shift;
return $self->{_os}{$var};
}
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=head2 new ( )
Constructor. Returns an OS object.
=cut
sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $self = {};
$self->{_os}{name} = $^O;
if ($self->{_os}{name} =~ /MSWin32/i || $self->{_os}{name} =~ /^Win/i) {
$self->{_os}{type} = "Windowsish";
} else {
$self->{_os}{type} = "Linuxish";
}
bless $self, $class;
}
1;