[MacPerl] FW: [CGI] Multi-platform Perl Code Interchangeablity

["Mark T. Johns" <mark.johns@dawsonhost.dawson.com>]

Can someone on the Mac-Perl list help this person?

Thanks

-Mark

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-----Original Message-----
From:	Terence Jordan [SMTP:tjordan5@mbnotes.cca.rockwell.com]
Sent:	Friday, January 23, 1998 7:42 AM
To:	cgi-list@jann.com
Subject:	Re: [CGI] Multi-platform Perl Code Interchangeablity






---------------------- Forwarded by Terence
Jordan/CONTRACT/Melbourne/Collins/Rockwell on 01/23/98 08:45 AM
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Terence Jordan
01/23/98 07:40 AM

To:   Lindsay@pobox.com
cc:
Subject:  Re: [CGI] Multi-platform Perl Code Interchangeablity  (Document
      link not converted)

Are you sure it returns "MacOS" even under System 7.5 or 7.1? As I recall
"MacOS" didn't become MacOS until System 7.6/8.0/8.1
Yet again, it may not be checking this at all... at that point you're
absoluty correct.

And is there a Perl for Mac that runs under 8.x yet? I've even been hard
pressed to find one that works on 7.5!

--Terence
Views expressed are of Terence's and of no other...




Lindsay@pobox.com on 01/23/98 04:19:10 AM

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Subject:  Re: [CGI] Multi-platform Perl Code Interchangeablity




>See man perlvar
>
> $^O
> $OSNAME
>         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
>         $Config{'osname'}.
>
>if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {&windowsvars }
>elsif ($^O eq 'Macintosh' ) {&macvars }
>else { &unixvars };
>&commonvars;

Actually the Mac returns 'MacOS'. Be careful to match for the whole string,
not just /mac/ as you will fall foul when running the script on a Mach
based system!
Lindsay

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