From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 04:51:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: mention Win32::GetOSName() nearabouts $^O
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mention Win32::GetOSName() nearabouts $^O

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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index dd9bbaa..100361b 100644
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -1004,10 +1004,10 @@ is identical to C<$Config{'osname'}>.  See also L<Config> and the
 B<-V> command-line switch documented in L<perlrun>.
 
 In Windows platforms, $^O is not very helpful: since it is always
-C<MSWin32>, it doesn't tell the difference between 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE.
-Use Win32::GetOSVersion() (see L<perlport>) and other means (like for
-example the presence/absence of some files) to distinguish between
-the variants.
+C<MSWin32>, it doesn't tell the difference between
+95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE/.NET.  Use Win32::GetOSName() or
+Win32::GetOSVersion() (see L<Win32> and L<perlport>) to distinguish
+between the variants.
 
 =item ${^OPEN}