On Dec 13, 6:32 pm, "Ian F. Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
> In typically windows environments I have used:
> if 'Windows' in os.environ['OS']...
> to prove it, but now I need to properly support different environments.
> To do so I must accurately determine what system the python instance is
> running on (linux, win, mac, etc).
> Is there a best practises way to do this?
> TIA
> Ian
I would do this:
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if os.name == ''posix':
linuxStuff()
elif os.name == 'nt':
windowsStuff()
elif os.name == 'os2': ...
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os.name is 'posix', 'nt', 'os2', 'mac', 'ce' or 'riscos'
-N
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