in reply to Using Window System Path Variable in Perl Script

perl provides the entire collection of environment variables in the %ENV hash.

You can get the scalar containing the windows path by indexing it thus: 

my $winpath = $ENV{windir}; 
# Returns C:\WINDOWS or whatever

#If you prefer systemroot ,
my $sysroot=$ENV{SystemRoot};

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Re: Re: Using Window System Path Variable in Perl Script
by devgoddess (Acolyte) on Mar 15, 2004 at 00:01 UTC
    Oh wow! That's cool! I didn't even know that existed. I read about the %ENV hash in several different books, but none of the books I have mentioned the windir key. Go figure. :-\

    THANK YOU!!!

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      At the command prompt in Windows, you can type the command "set" to see all your environment variables.
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        Again, this is something I haven't come across in my reading, but that's very cool! :D Any idea if there's a Perl book out there devoted to Windows?

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