NAME

Devel::Platform::Info - Unified framework for obtaining common platform metadata

SYNOPSIS

use Devel::Platform::Info;
my $info = Devel::Platform::Info->new();
my $data = $info->get_info();

DESCRIPTION

This module is a wrapper to the drivers which can determine platform metadata regarding the currently running operating system.

The intention of this distribution is to provide key identifying components regarding the platform currently being used, for the CPAN Testers test reports. Currently the reports do not often contain enough information to help authors understand specific failures, where the platform may be a factor.

However, it is hoped that this distribution will find more uses far beyond the usage for CPAN Testers.

INTERFACE

The Constructor

• new

  Simply constructs the object.

Methods

• get_info

  Returns a hash reference to the platform metadata.

  Returns at least the following keys:

  source
  archname
  osname
  osvers
  oslabel
  is32bit
  is64bit
  osflag

  Note that the 'source' key returns the commands and output used to obtain the metadata for possible future use.

  Further keys maybe available to provide additional information if applicable to the specific operating system.

REFERENCES

The following links were used to understand how to retrieve the metadata:

* http://alma.ch/perl/perloses.htm

BUGS, PATCHES & FIXES

There are no known bugs at the time of this release. However, if you spot a bug or are experiencing difficulties, that is not explained within the POD documentation, please send bug reports and patches to the RT Queue (see below).

RT Queue: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Devel-Platform-Info

AUTHORS

Barbie (BARBIE) <barbie@cpan.org>
Brian McCauley (NOBULL) <nobull67@gmail.com>
Colin Newell http://colinnewell.wordpress.com/
Jon 'JJ' Allen (JONALLEN) <jj@jonallen.info>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2010 Birmingham Perl Mongers

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.