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

I know this is an old question but I believe that my answer is one that might be helpful to some people who are looking for an easy, simple to understand pythonic way to detect OS in their code. Tested on python3.7

from sys import platform


class UnsupportedPlatform(Exception):
    pass


if "linux" in platform:
    print("linux")
elif "darwin" in platform:
    print("mac")
elif "win" in platform:
    print("windows")
else:
    raise UnsupportedPlatform