what a rabbithole. lots of goodies now.

internal/consts.go

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+package internal
+
+// OS-specific path environment variable name. The default is "PATH".
+var (
+	pathEnvVarName map[string]string = map[string]string{
+		"windows": "Path",
+	}
+)

internal/utils.go

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+package internal
+
+import (
+	`runtime`
+)
+
+// GetPathEnvName gets the OS-specific path environment variable name.
+func GetPathEnvName() (envVarName string) {
+
+	var ok bool
+
+	if envVarName, ok = pathEnvVarName[runtime.GOOS]; !ok {
+		// *NIX/the default.
+		envVarName = "PATH"
+	}
+
+	return
+}