AppConfig::Sys(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    AppConfig::Sys(3)


NAME
       AppConfig::Sys - Perl5 module defining platform-specific information
       and methods for other AppConfig::* modules.

SYNOPSIS
           use AppConfig::Sys;
           my $sys = AppConfig::Sys->new();

           @fields = $sys->getpwuid($userid);
           @fields = $sys->getpwnam($username);

OVERVIEW
       AppConfig::Sys is a Perl5 module provides platform-specific information
       and operations as required by other AppConfig::* modules.

       AppConfig::Sys is distributed as part of the AppConfig bundle.

DESCRIPTION
   USING THE AppConfig::Sys MODULE
       To import and use the AppConfig::Sys module the following line should
       appear in your Perl script:

            use AppConfig::Sys;

       AppConfig::Sys is implemented using object-oriented methods.  A new
       AppConfig::Sys object is created and initialised using the
       AppConfig::Sys->new() method.  This returns a reference to a new
       AppConfig::Sys object.

           my $sys = AppConfig::Sys->new();

       This will attempt to detect your operating system and create a
       reference to a new AppConfig::Sys object that is applicable to your
       platform.  You may explicitly specify an operating system name to
       override this automatic detection:

           $unix_sys = AppConfig::Sys->new("Unix");

       Alternatively, the package variable $AppConfig::Sys::OS can be set to
       an operating system name.  The valid operating system names are: Win32,
       VMS, Mac, OS2 and Unix.  They are not case-specific.

   AppConfig::Sys METHODS
       AppConfig::Sys defines the following methods:

       getpwnam()
           Calls the system function getpwnam() if available and returns the
           result.  Returns undef if not available.  The can_getpwnam() method
           can be called to determine if this function is available.

       getpwuid()
           Calls the system function getpwuid() if available and returns the
           result.  Returns undef if not available.  The can_getpwuid() method
           can be called to determine if this function is available.

AUTHOR
       Andy Wardley, <abw@wardley.org>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1997-2007 Andy Wardley.  All Rights Reserved.

       Copyright (C) 1997,1998 Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the term of the Perl Artistic License.

SEE ALSO
       AppConfig, AppConfig::File

perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-25                 AppConfig::Sys(3)