Python: What OS am I running on? *

Question

What do I need to look at to see if I'm on Windows, Unix, etc?

Answer

>>> import os
>>> print os.name
posix
>>> import platform
>>> platform.system()
'Linux'
>>> platform.release()
'2.6.22-15-generic'

See: platform — Access to underlying platform’s identifying data

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