X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:12:01 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: Eric Blake , cyg_win_user cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: how t o read env variable in cygwin In-Reply-To: <4427F27C.5070404@byu.net> Message-ID: References: <3607003.post@talk.nabble.com> <4427F27C.5070404@byu.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Eric Blake wrote: > 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. Or use Perl's builtin $^O variable, which should be auto-set to "cygwin" (all lowercase). "man perlvar" for more info. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/