what is the best way to determine system OS?

[Robert Kern]

googleboy wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> I am writing a little app tha tI would like to make cross-platform
> (debian, RH, Fedora, Solaris, AIX, etc)
> 
> Originally I decided to check what uname returned, as I didn't think it
> mattered beyond the detail of Linux or SunOS etc.
> 
> Recently I have learned that FC3 breaks my script,  so I need to be
> able to determine not simply "Linux" but to know exactly what unix the
> script is being run on.
> 
> What is the best way to determine this?

Look at the platform module.

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Robert Kern
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