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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:11:08 -0700
From: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
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Subject: Re: how t o read env variable in cygwin
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According to cyg_win_user on 3/27/2006 3:12 AM:
> i m trying to read environment variable in perl using 
> 
>         $OSTY = $ENV{OSTYPE}; 
> this will return os type as "linux" or "solaris". but when i try for cygwin
> it returns empty string. is the some other syntax of way of finding value of
> env variable in cygwin

What shell are you using?  OSTYPE is auto-set to "cygwin" by bash, but not
by other shells (including if you are starting perl directly from
cmd.com).  Rather than reading an environment variable that is not
standardized and might not be set, you could always use 'uname -s' instead.

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