https://nerdsid.com/tags/cross-platform/Recent content in Cross-platform on Nerdsid.comHugoen-usFri, 28 Oct 2022 23:33:25 +0530https://nerdsid.com/posts/detecting-os-and-platform-using-python/Fri, 28 Oct 2022 23:33:25 +0530https://nerdsid.com/posts/detecting-os-and-platform-using-python/<p>There are some circumstances where developing platform-specific code is simply unavoidable, either because a high-level library is not available or because the actions that must be taken are fundamentally different.</p> <p>In this situation, it is essential to detect the platform.</p> <p>There are a few ways of doing this in Python, including <code>os.system()</code> and <code>sys.platform</code>, but the <code>platform</code> module contains the best set of functionality for determining the OS details most useful in making decisions.</p>