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Answer 1

+2 A:

Absolutely. Look at platform.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-10-14 13:05:14

platform lives in sys module. import sys sys.platform

Aaron 2010-10-14 13:27:23

@Aaron: `sys` has a `platform` attribute, but there is also a separate `platform` module.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-10-14 13:28:35

@Ignacio: oh nice, didn't know that

Aaron 2010-10-14 13:30:16

nice but what when we want to chose between versions of windows??

geocheats2 2010-10-14 13:35:18

Have you had a chance to try the various functions in the module yet?

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-10-14 13:38:40

i have tryed to search platform.system_alias but how do i know what the alias of every system are??

geocheats2 2010-10-14 13:57:52

Answer 2

+1 A:

import platform
platform.system()  # => 'Windows'
platform.release() # => 'Vista'
platform.version() # => '6.1.7600'

I believe if platform.version() returns a value of 6.1.7000 or higher, you're on a Windows 7 machine, otherwise it is Vista.

Chris G. 2010-10-15 05:40:29

Os Check And prompt proper if