os.name

[Emile van Sebille]

<oops...>

Well, now both 95 and 98 say:

>>> import os
>>> os.environ['OS']
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in ?
    os.environ['OS']
  File "D:\Program Files\Python\Lib\os.py", line 247, in __getitem__
    return self.data[string.upper(key)]
KeyError: OS
>>>

I've-got-to-get-a-bigger-monitor-for-1600x1200-ly yr's

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote in message
news:001e01beda8e$2111d2e0$f29b12c2 at secret.pythonware.com...
> Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com> wrote:
> > >>> os.name
> > 'nt'
> > >>> os.environ('OS')
> > Traceback (innermost last):
> >   File "<pyshell#8>", line 1, in ?
> >     os.environ('OS')
> > AttributeError: no __call__ method defined
>
> Gordon asked you to try os.environ['OS'],
> not os.environ('OS') ;-)
>
> </F>
>