As the title says how can I find the current OS in python?
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A:
http://python.org/doc/2.5/lib/module-os.html
To compliment Greg's post, if you're on a posix system, which includes MacOS, Linux, Unix, etc. you can use os.uname() to get a better feel for what kind of system it is.
bmdhacks
2008-09-21 06:04:07
Although your answer was fist and was correct, Greg Hewgill's answer was more complete, I appreciate your answer and advise you to, post more then just links, in the future.
Unkwntech
2008-09-21 06:07:47
Yeah, it's the fastest gun in the west problem. I tend to post things quickly then edit with more info.
bmdhacks
2008-09-21 06:09:12
I usually wait to answer my questions an I come back to them to see if there are any better posts even after I have accepted one.
Unkwntech
2008-09-21 06:17:09
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A:
import os
print os.name
This gives you the essential information you will usually need. To distinguish between, say, different editions of Windows, you will have to use a platform-specific method.
Greg Hewgill
2008-09-21 06:04:34
On the mac, os.name gives "posix", which for my case does not help - sys.platform did the trick
Steg
2010-07-27 11:04:45
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A:
I usually use sys.platform to get the platform. sys.platform will distinguish between linux, other unixes, and OS X while os.name is "posix" for all of them.
For much more detailed information, use the platform module. This has cross-platform functions that will give you information on the machine architecture, OS and OS version, version of Python, etc. Also it has os-specific functions to get things like the particular linux distribution.
dF
2008-09-21 11:49:19