in reply to Re^4: Test for OS version in Perl
in thread Test for OS version in Perl

See the discussion under $^X in perlvar for ways of discovering the path of the executable being run. That should allow you to determine whether the currently running version of perl is a native or cygwin variant in all but the most extreme cases of deliberate desception.

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