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authorGreg Ward <gward@python.net>2000-03-01 14:40:15 (GMT)
committerGreg Ward <gward@python.net>2000-03-01 14:40:15 (GMT)
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Added 'get_platform()' to construct a string that identifies the current
platform, using 'os.uname()' or 'sys.platform'.
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 58d5843..641a35a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ file causing it."""
__rcsid__ = "$Id$"
-import os
+import os, string
from distutils.errors import *
@@ -437,3 +437,21 @@ def write_file (filename, contents):
for line in contents:
f.write (line + "\n")
f.close ()
+
+
+def get_platform ():
+ """Return a string (suitable for tacking onto directory names) that
+ identifies the current platform. Under Unix, identifies both the OS
+ and hardware architecture, e.g. "linux-i586", "solaris-sparc",
+ "irix-mips". For Windows and Mac OS, just returns 'sys.platform' --
+ i.e. "???" or "???"."""
+
+ if os.name == 'posix':
+ uname = os.uname()
+ OS = uname[0]
+ arch = uname[4]
+ return "%s-%s" % (string.lower (OS), string.lower (arch))
+ else:
+ return sys.platform
+
+# get_platform()