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The name of the operating system under which this copy of Perl was built, ... In Windows platforms, $^O is not very helpful: since it is always MSWin32 ... PerldocBrowser 5.36.0 Latest 5.36.0 5.34.1 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.32.0 5.30.3 5.30.2 5.30.1 5.30.0 5.28.3 5.28.2 5.28.1 5.28.0 5.26.3 5.26.2 5.26.1 5.26.0 5.24.4 5.24.3 5.24.2 5.24.1 5.24.0 5.22.4 5.22.3 5.22.2 5.22.1 5.22.0 5.20.3 5.20.2 5.20.1 5.20.0 5.18.4 5.18.3 5.18.2 5.18.1 5.18.0 5.16.3 5.16.2 5.16.1 5.16.0 5.14.4 5.14.3 5.14.2 5.14.1 5.14.0 5.12.5 5.12.4 5.12.3 5.12.2 5.12.1 5.12.0 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.9 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 5.8.4 5.8.3 5.8.2 5.8.1 5.8.0 5.6.2 5.6.1 5.6.0 5.005_04 5.005_03 5.005_02 5.005_01 5.005 Dev blead 5.37.4 5.37.3 5.37.2 5.37.1 5.37.0 5.36.0-RC3 5.36.0-RC2 5.35.11 5.35.10 5.35.9 5.35.8 5.35.7 5.35.6 5.35.5 5.35.4 5.35.3 5.35.2 5.35.1 5.35.0 5.33.9 5.33.8 5.33.7 5.33.6 5.33.5 5.33.4 5.33.3 5.33.2 5.33.1 5.33.0 Documentation Perl Intro Tutorials FAQs Reference Operators Functions Variables Modules Utilities Community History Expand variables /$^O (source, CPAN) #$OSNAME #$^O ThenameoftheoperatingsystemunderwhichthiscopyofPerlwasbuilt,asdeterminedduringtheconfigurationprocess.Forexamplessee"PLATFORMS"inperlport. Thevalueisidenticalto$Config{'osname'}.SeealsoConfigandthe-Vcommand-lineswitchdocumentedinperlrun. InWindowsplatforms,$^Oisnotveryhelpful:sinceitisalwaysMSWin32,itdoesn'ttellthedifferencebetween95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE/.NET.UseWin32::GetOSName()orWin32::GetOSVersion()(seeWin32andperlport)todistinguishbetweenthevariants. ThisvariablewasaddedinPerl5.003. PerldocBrowserismaintainedbyDanBook(DBOOK).PleasecontacthimviatheGitHubissuetrackeroremailregardinganyissueswiththesiteitself,search,orrenderingofdocumentation. ThePerldocumentationismaintainedbythePerl5PortersinthedevelopmentofPerl.PleasecontactthemviathePerlissuetracker,themailinglist,orIRCtoreportanyissueswiththecontentsorformatofthedocumentation.