Re: reading env variable in cygwin using perl

My Cygwin %ENV (@work) has `OS`, not `OSTYPE`. Try running

perl -e 'print $ENV{OS}'
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, which gives me `Windows_NT`.

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Re^2: reading env variable in cygwin using perl by blogical (Pilgrim) on Mar 27, 2006 at 17:01 UTC
... or did you mean `$^OS`, which may be different? "One is enough. If you are acquainted with the principle, what do you care for the myriad instances and applications?" - Henry David Thoreau, Walden	[reply]


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