[Python-talk] recognizing XP systems

[Bill McGonigle]

On Apr 17, 2006, at 14:39, Ray Cote wrote:

> 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

Bugger.  On 2k3:

('Microsoft', 'vm2k3', 'Windows', '5.2.3790', '', '')

[1] is the machine name.  Maybe [3] is reliable?

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