Retrieving system info using Python the 'platform' package #python #system

system_info_python_platform.md

Using the platform package one can retrieve a lot of information on the running system.

In order to retrieve a detailed string on the platform one can use:

import platform
platform.platform()

and will get a response like this:

'Linux-3.3.0-8.fc16.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-16-Verne'

while other useful methods are:

>>> platform.system()
'Windows'
>>> platform.release()
'XP'
>>> platform.version()
'5.1.2600'