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