NAME
Linux::Info::Distribution - base class to handle Linux distribution information
VERSION
version 2.11
SYNOPSIS
# just an example, you probably want to use
# Linux::Info::DistributionFactory instead
my $distro = Linux::Info::Distribution-new({
name => 'Foobar',
version_id => '1.0',
version => '1.0 (Cool Name)',
id => 'foobar'
});DESCRIPTION
This is a base class that defines the most basic information one could retrieve from a Linux distribution.
You probably want to the take a look of subclasses of this classes, unless you looking for creating a entirely new classes tree.
Also, you probably want to use a factory class to create new instances instead doing it manually.
The Linux::Info::Distribution namespace started as a fork from Linux::Distribution distribution, even with some code shared between both of them, although the API is very different.
At the end, modules under the Linux::Info::Distribution tries to rely more in the /etc/os-release file, which is more standardized and includes more information.
METHODS
new
Creates and returns new instance.
Expects a hash reference with the following keys:
name: the distribution name
id: a more concise, short version of the distribution name, normally in all lowercase.
version: the long version identification of the distribution.
version_id: a shorter version of
version, generally with only numbers and dots, possible a semantic version number.
get_name
A getter for the name attribute.
get_id
A getter for the id attribute.
get_version
A getter for the version attribute.
get_version_id
A getter for the version_id attribute.
EXPORTS
Nothing.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior <glasswalk3r@yahoo.com.br>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2015 by Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior.
This is free software, licensed under:
The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007