Thanks Brian and Marcus. 
$^O is exactly what I needed.




_brian_d_foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
10/19/2001 08:44 AM

 
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        Subject:        Re: accessing environment variables


In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Froese) wrote:


> I want to be able to test whether I'm in Windows or Linux, and this 
seems 
> like a good way to do it.

you want $^O, not an environment variable.  take a look inside
CGI.pm for some example code. :)
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