Python: What OS am I running on?

Question

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

Answer 1

You can use the os module to get the name, version... of the current operating system.

import os
os.uname() # gives information about the operating system

os.uname().sysname. # To get the name of the os.

os.uname().version # To get the version .