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doc: mention case-insensitive env on windows
oliversalzburg Oct 18, 2016
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test: case sensitivity of env variables
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test: case sensitivity of env variables 
Environment variables should be treated case-insensitive on Windows
platforms and case-sensitive on UNIX platforms
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oliversalzburg committed Oct 24, 2016
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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion test/parallel/test-process-env.js
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'use strict';

require('../common');
const common = require('../common');
const assert = require('assert');

// changes in environment should be visible to child processes
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assert.equal(5, date.getHours());
*/
/* eslint-enable max-len */

// Environment variables should be case-insensitive on Windows, and
// case-sensitive on other platforms.
process.env.TEST = 'test';
assert.strictEqual(process.env.TEST, 'test');
// Check both mixed case and lower case, to avoid any regressions that might
// simply convert input to lower case.
if (common.isWindows) {
assert.strictEqual(process.env.test, 'test');
assert.strictEqual(process.env.teST, 'test');
} else {
assert.strictEqual(process.env.test, undefined);
assert.strictEqual(process.env.teST, undefined);
}