[Tutor] Determining the OS a program runs on

[Victor R. Cardona]

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On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 06:26:03PM -0600, dman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 02:30:03AM -0600, Victor R. Cardona wrote:
> | How should I detrmine what operating system a program is running on?
> | Should I use sys.platform or os.name?
>=20
> I didn't RTFM, but it looks like it depends what you're looking for.
>=20
> For me :
>     sys.platform    =3D=3D linux2
>     os.name         =3D=3D  posix

Thanks. I think sys.platform is the way to go in this case.

-v
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