| If there is an easier/better way, I'm all ears.

Use the variable $^O which contains the name of the operating
system. It's "MSWin32" for Windows, for example.

  if( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
    # ...
  }
  else {
    # ...
  }

Hope this helps.

-- Marcus


| -----Original Message-----
| From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
| Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:15 PM
| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: accessing environment variables
| 
| 
| How do I access Windows environment vars?
| 
| I want to be able to test whether I'm in Windows or Linux, 
| and this seems 
| like a good way to do it.
| 
| If there is an easier/better way, I'm all ears.
| 
| Thanks 
| Greg
| 

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