"googleboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am writing a little app tha tI would like to make cross-platform
> (debian, RH, Fedora, Solaris, AIX, etc)
>
> Originally I decided to check what uname returned, as I didn't think it
> mattered beyond the detail of Linux or SunOS etc.
>
> Recently I have learned that FC3 breaks my script, so I need to be
> able to determine not simply "Linux" but to know exactly what unix the
> script is being run on.
>
> What is the best way to determine this?
start here:
>>> help("platform")
if that doesn't help, something like this could work:
>>> redhat = open("/etc/redhat-release").read()
>>> fedora_3 = redhat.startswith("Fedora Core release 3")
(with proper use of try/except, of course)
on the other hand, it might be better to figure out why FC3 breaks your
script, and check for (missing/alternative) features instead of checking for
the exact OS version.
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