How to identify on which OS Python is running on?

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00:51 Answer 2 (Score 214)
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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1854...

Accepted answer links:
[platform.system()]: https://docs.python.org/library/platform...
[platform]: https://docs.python.org/library/platform...

Answer 2 links:
[Dang -- Louis Brandy beat me to the punch]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1857/4298200

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Tags
#python #operatingsystem #crossplatform #platformagnostic

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 1298

>>> 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 data

ANSWER 2

Score 222

Here are the system results for Windows Vista!

>>> import os

>>> os.name
'nt'

>>> import platform

>>> platform.system()
'Windows'

>>> platform.release()
'Vista'

And for Windows 10:

>>> import os

>>> os.name
'nt'

>>> import platform

>>> platform.system()
'Windows'

>>> platform.release()
'10'

ANSWER 3

Score 149

For the record, here are the results on Mac:

>>> import os
>>> os.name
'posix'
>>> import platform
>>> platform.system()
'Darwin'
>>> platform.release()
'8.11.1'

ANSWER 4

Score 118

Sample code to differentiate operating systems using Python:

import sys

if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):  # could be "linux", "linux2", "linux3", ...
    # linux
elif sys.platform == "darwin":
    # MAC OS X
elif os.name == "nt":
    # Windows, Cygwin, etc. (either 32-bit or 64-bit)