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| author | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2011-07-09 13:54:23 (GMT) |
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| committer | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2011-07-09 13:54:23 (GMT) |
| commit | a83cdaae89b9565bd3c6f78c14a23befcac24e76 (patch) | |
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Issue #12326: document the recommended idiom for checking sys.platform on Unix systems.
Also, point to the various alternatives.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index c412ee1..5c84e85 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ Notes on the availability of these functions: names have currently been registered: ``'posix'``, ``'nt'``, ``'mac'``, ``'os2'``, ``'ce'``, ``'java'``. + .. seealso:: + :attr:`sys.platform` has a finer granularity. :func:`os.uname` gives + system-dependent version information. + + The :mod:`platform` module provides detailed checks for the + system's identity. + .. _os-filenames: |