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diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin
index 017c452..e8e0d98 100644 (file)
--- a/README.cygwin
+++ b/README.cygwin
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ L<http://www.cygwin.com/>
 
 A recent net or commercial release of Cygwin is required.
 
-At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.7.10 was current.
+At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.7.16 was current.
 
 
 =head2 Cygwin Configuration
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ to portability, more information can be found in the Cygwin documentation.
 
 Cygwin pathnames are separated by forward (F</>) slashes, Universal
 Naming Codes (F<//UNC>) are also supported Since cygwin-1.7 non-POSIX
-pathnames are disencouraged.  Names may contain all printable
+pathnames are discouraged.  Names may contain all printable
 characters.
 
 File names are case insensitive, but case preserving.  A pathname that
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ Since cygwin-1.7 pathnames are UTF-8 encoded.
 
 =item * Text/Binary
 
-Since cywgin-1.7 textmounts are deprecated and stronlgy discouraged.
+Since cygwin-1.7 textmounts are deprecated and strongly discouraged.
 
 When a file is opened it is in either text or binary mode.  In text mode
 a file is subject to CR/LF/Ctrl-Z translations.  With Cygwin, the default
@@ -513,6 +513,17 @@ User mounts override system mounts.
 Returns true if the given cygwin path is binary mounted, false if the
 path is mounted in textmode.
 
+=item C<Cygwin::sync_winenv>
+
+Cygwin does not initialize all original Win32 environment variables.
+See the bottom of this page L<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-env.html>
+for "Restricted Win32 environment".
+
+Certain Win32 programs called from cygwin programs might need some environment
+variable, such as e.g. ADODB needs %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%.
+Call Cygwin::sync_winenv() to copy all Win32 environment variables to your
+process and note that cygwin will warn on every encounter of non-POSIX paths.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN