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Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2001 03:44:51 +0200
From:	520066587150-0001 AT t-online DOT de (Jerome BENOIT)
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Subject:	cygwin GURU needed: native cygwin, native DOS and perl:
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Bonjour:

A TeX tool programmer asks me the fellowing question ?

> How can we set the default for
> the gs command name in the perl script?
>
> For example I can ask $^O: So I know if the perl
> is a cygwin port. But then, what is the best method
> to check, whether "gs" is installed or "gswin32c" has
> to be used?
>
> For example:
>   $foo = `type gs`
> or
>   $foo = `gs --version`
> and checking error codes and output?

Any idea ?

Thanks in advance,
Jerome BENOIT


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