Process.platform returns “win32” for Windows. On Windows a user’s home directory might be C:\Users[USERNAME] or C:\Documents and Settings[USERNAME] depending on which version of Windows is being used. On Unix this isn’t an issue. 6 Answers 6
What do I need to look at to see whether I’m on Windows or Unix, etc? 26 s 26 >>> 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: Linux: Linux Mac: Darwin Windows: Windows See: platform — Access to underlying platform’s identifying … Read more
