[Python-talk] recognizing XP systems

[Lloyd Kvam]

On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 15:58 -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> 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', '', '')

That is unfortunate, but not an issue for the moment.  Right now I only
need correct behavior on desktops.  However, by the time I need to worry
about 2k3 or vista, all of the old win98 and ME machines may be gone.

Perhaps I should be using [3], the version number.

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