how t o read env variable in cygwin

[cyg_win_user]

i m trying to read environment variable in perl using 

        $OSTY = $ENV{OSTYPE}; 
this will return os type as "linux" or "solaris". but when i try for cygwin
it returns empty string. is the some other syntax of way of finding value of
env variable in cygwin

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