Doug wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Douglas Blank <dbl...@brynmawr.edu> > > wrote: > >> Now that IronPython runs on other operating systems, what is the > >> recommended way to determine the os when running IP? > > > > `os.name` is probably what you want. There was some discussion on > > python-dev about a module (or extension to sys?) that would have a lot > > more information, but I can't remember what it was going to be called. > > Thanks. FYI, under Mono: > > IP on mac: os.name == 'posix' > IP on linux: os.name == 'posix' > IP on windows 7: os.name == 'nt' > > I'll have to figure out a different way to distinguish between mac and linux. > Even sys.getwindowsversion() gives a platform of 4 for Mac and Linux under > Mono.
Another option is to import System and then System.Environment.OSVersion should have detailed information. The Platform attribute would give you a difference between Unix and Mac OS/X and depending on what Mono does w/ the value you might get a useful ToString on the OperatingSystem object its self. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
