[Python-talk] recognizing XP systems

[Bill McGonigle]

On Apr 14, 2006, at 16:55, Bill Sconce wrote:

> Hm.  Tougher than it looks.
>
> The Library Reference and MartelliBible (the Nutshell) both say you'll
> get 'nt'.  The Nutshell says specifically, "'nt' (all kinds of 32-bit
> Windows platforms)" (p 172).

interestingly on Win2K3 I don't get a result for os.uname().  Other os. 
methods work OK.

os.name gives 'nt'
sys.platform gives 'win32'
platform.platform() gives 'Microsoft-Windows-32bit-WindowsPE'

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