--- bulk88-perl5-win32-api-2238c18/API.pm	2012-10-18 21:09:08.000000000 -0400
+++ bulk88-perl5-win32-api-patched/API.pm	2012-10-19 08:33:36.572524800 -0400
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 BEGIN {
     no warnings 'uninitialized';
     die "Win32::API on Cygwin requires the cygpath tool on PATH"
-        if $^O eq 'cygwin' && index(`cygpath -V`,'cygpath (cygwin)') == -1;
+        if $^O eq 'cygwin' && index(`cygpath --help`,'Usage: cygpath') == -1;
 }
 use vars qw( $DEBUG $sentinal @ISA @EXPORT_OK %Imported $VERSION );
 
