X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlvar.pod;h=dd9bbaa439b50757bdff949904e5a6f198aff9e1;hb=443f6d0184e0648ec41d1125072fe0e461cb089b;hp=ee59aefd5cae1c17e7eef39e74332f87b74ebe55;hpb=e286a5ec0cccc8f0b0d7da27b7277e16426eba89;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index ee59aef..dd9bbaa 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ built, as determined during the configuration process. The value is identical to C<$Config{'osname'}>. See also L and the B<-V> command-line switch documented in L. -In Windows platforms the $^O is not very helpful since it is always +In Windows platforms, $^O is not very helpful: since it is always C, it doesn't tell the difference between 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE. Use Win32::GetOSVersion() (see L) and other means (like for example the presence/absence of some files) to distinguish between