[Python-talk] recognizing XP systems

[Lloyd Kvam]

I also had an email from Petr Kodl which I don't see here, but he
recommended 
	sys.getwindowsversion

which apparently breaks apart the version string for easier processing.


On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 17:06 -0400, Lloyd Kvam wrote:
> 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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