[Bioperl-l] Handleing OS differences

[Hilmar Lapp]

If all you need is the name of the OS, $^O will hold that (w/o having  
to use Config). -hilmar

On Thursday, December 26, 2002, at 12:24  PM, Scott Cain wrote:

> Hello Lincoln and Jason,
>
> I was wondering if there is a standard way of handling OS-dependent
> differences in the BioPerl universe.  I have seen using 'use Config;'  
> to
> get the OS, and then putting OS-specific stuff with conditionals, and
> wondered if it would be OK if I did that in this case.  I am asking
> because I got some suggestions for changes to bulk_load_gff.pl so that
> it would run on Windows.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
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