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

How about a simple Enum implementation like the following? No need for external libs!

import platform
from enum import Enum
class OS(Enum):
    def checkPlatform(osName):
        return osName.lower()== platform.system().lower()

    MAC = checkPlatform("darwin")
    LINUX = checkPlatform("linux")
    WINDOWS = checkPlatform("windows")  #I haven't test this one

Simply you can access with Enum value

if OS.LINUX.value:
    print("Cool it is Linux")

P.S It is python3