pythonoperating-systemcross-platformplatform-agnostic

How to identify which OS Python is running on

What do I need to look at to see whether I'm on Windows or Unix, etc.?

Solution 
  • >>> import os

>>> os.name
'posix'

>>> import platform

>>> platform.system()
'Linux'

>>> platform.release()
'2.6.22-15-generic'

    The output of platform.system() is as follows:

    See: platform — Access to underlying platform’s identifying data