Commit d1c32aa
doc: mention case-insensitive env on windows
On Windows OS, environment variables are case-insensitive and are
treated likewise in NodeJS. This can be confusing and can lead
to hard-to-debug problems when moving code from one environment
to another.
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
PR-URL: #9166
Fixes: #91571 parent d573acf commit d1c32aa
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@@ -708,6 +708,16 @@ console.log(process.env.TEST); | |||
| 708 | 708 | // => undefined | |
| 709 | 709 | ``` | |
| 710 | 710 | ||
| 711 | + On Windows operating systems, environment variables are case-insensitive. | ||
| 712 | + | ||
| 713 | + Example: | ||
| 714 | + | ||
| 715 | + ```js | ||
| 716 | + process.env.TEST = 1; | ||
| 717 | + console.log(process.env.test); | ||
| 718 | + // => 1 | ||
| 719 | + ``` | ||
| 720 | + | ||
| 711 | 721 | ## process.emitWarning(warning[, name][, ctor]) | |
| 712 | 722 | <!-- YAML | |
| 713 | 723 | added: v6.0.0 | |
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