Reliably detect Windows in Python

Question

I\'m working on a couple of Linux tools and need to prevent installation on Windows, since it depends on FHS and is thus rendered useless on that platform. The platfor

Answer 1

>>> import os
>>> os.name
'nt'

"The name of the operating system dependent module imported. The following names have currently been registered: 'posix', 'nt', 'mac', 'os2', 'ce', 'java', 'riscos'." (c) http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.name

import os
if os.name == 'nt':
    #yourcodehere