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

Use platform.system()

Returns the system/OS name, such as 'Linux', 'Darwin', 'Java', 'Windows'. An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.

import platform
system = platform.system().lower()

is_windows = system == 'windows'
is_linux = system == 'linux'
is_mac = system == 'darwin'