[Python-talk] recognizing XP systems

[Ray Cote]

Try platform.uname()
Returns a tuple, third element of which says 'XP' and fourth element 
of which is 5.1.2600 (at least on my machine).
--Ray

At 12:31 PM -0400 4/17/06, hewitt_tech wrote:
>I should have been more specific in my response. The os.uname method 
>was unavailable so I used os.name which returned 'nt' on my XP Pro 
>system. I'm assuming that the os module varies depending on the base 
>platform since uname is a common UNIX function available in the C 
>runtime library.
>
>-Alex
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill McGonigle" <bill at bfccomputing.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Python-talk] recognizing XP systems
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>>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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