On 2006-12-13 19:28:14 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > 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: > -------------------- > if os.name == ''posix': > linuxStuff() > elif os.name == 'nt': > windowsStuff() > elif os.name == 'os2': ... > ------------------- > os.name is 'posix', 'nt', 'os2', 'mac', 'ce' or 'riscos' > > -N
Bearing in mind, of course, that Mac will return "posix", too. And Cygwin might. Erg. Best, James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
