=item Win32::DomainName()
[CORE] Returns the name of the Microsoft Network domain that the
-owner of the current perl process is logged into. This information
-is not available to 32 bit programs on Win 9X. Therefore this function
-will return C<undef> on these systems.
+owner of the current perl process is logged into. This function does
+B<not> work on Windows 9x.
=item Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING)
=item Win32::GetOSVersion()
-[CORE] Returns the array (STRING, MAJOR, MINOR, BUILD, ID), where
-the elements are, respectively: An arbitrary descriptive string, the
-major version number of the operating system, the minor version
-number, the build number, and a digit indicating the actual operating
-system. For ID, the values are 0 for Win32s, 1 for Windows 9X and 2
-for Windows NT. In scalar context it returns just the ID.
+[CORE] Returns the array (STRING, MAJOR, MINOR, BUILD, ID), where the
+elements are, respectively: An arbitrary descriptive string, the major
+version number of the operating system, the minor version number, the
+build number, and a digit indicating the actual operating system.
+For the ID, the values are 0 for Win32s, 1 for Windows 9X and 2 for
+Windows NT/2000/XP. In scalar context it returns just the ID.
+
+Currently known values for ID MAJOR and MINOR are as follows:
+
+ OS ID MAJOR MINOR
+ Win32s 0 - -
+ Windows 95 1 4 0
+ Windows 98 1 4 10
+ Windows Me 1 4 90
+ Windows NT 3.51 2 3 51
+ Windows NT 4 2 4 0
+ Windows 2000 2 5 0
+ Windows XP 2 5 1
+ Windows .NET Server 2 5 1
+
+Unfortunately as of June 2002 there is no way to distinguish between
+.NET servers and XP servers without using additional modules.
+
+=item Win32::GetOSName()
+
+[EXT] In scalar context returns the name of the Win32 operating system
+being used. In list context returns a two element list of the OS name
+and whatever edition information is known about the particular build
+(for Win9x boxes) and whatever service packs have been installed.
+The latter is roughly equivalent to the first item returned by
+GetOSVersion() in list context.
+
+Currently the possible values for the OS name are
+
+ Win32s Win95 Win98 WinMe Win2000 WinXP/.Net WinNT3.51 WinNT4
+
+This routine is just a simple interface into GetOSVersion(). More
+specific or demanding situations should use that instead. Another
+option would be to use POSIX::uname(), however the latter appears to
+report only the OS family name and not the specific OS. In scalar
+context it returns just the ID.
=item Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME)
system boot. Resolution is limited to system timer ticks (about 10ms
on WinNT and 55ms on Win9X).
-=item Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown(MACHINE, MESSAGE, TIMEOUT, FORCECLOSE, REBOOT)
+=item Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown
+
+(MACHINE, MESSAGE, TIMEOUT, FORCECLOSE, REBOOT)
[EXT] Shutsdown the specified MACHINE, notifying users with the
supplied MESSAGE, within the specified TIMEOUT interval. Forces
[EXT] Loads the DLL LIBRARYNAME and calls the function DllRegisterServer.
+=item Win32::SetChildShowWindow(SHOWWINDOW)
+
+[CORE] Sets the I<ShowMode> of child processes started by system().
+By default system() will create a new console window for child
+processes if Perl itself is not running from a console. Calling
+SetChildShowWindow(0) will make these new console windows invisible.
+Calling SetChildShowWindow() without arguments reverts system() to the
+default behavior. The return value of SetChildShowWindow() is the
+previous setting or C<undef>.
+
+[EXT] The following symbolic constants for SHOWWINDOW are available
+(but not exported) from the Win32 module: SW_HIDE, SW_SHOWNORMAL,
+SW_SHOWMINIMIZED, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED and SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE.
+
=item Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY)
[CORE] Sets the current active drive and directory. This function does not