#!/usr/bin/env python """ This module tries to retrieve as much platform-identifying data as possible. It makes this information available via function APIs. If called from the command line, it prints the platform information concatenated as single string to stdout. The output format is useable as part of a filename. """ # This module is maintained by Marc-Andre Lemburg . # If you find problems, please submit bug reports/patches via the # Python SourceForge Project Page and assign them to "lemburg". # # Note: Please keep this module compatible to Python 1.5.2. # # Still needed: # * more support for WinCE # * support for MS-DOS (PythonDX ?) # * support for Amiga and other still unsupported platforms running Python # * support for additional Linux distributions # # Many thanks to all those who helped adding platform-specific # checks (in no particular order): # # Charles G Waldman, David Arnold, Gordon McMillan, Ben Darnell, # Jeff Bauer, Cliff Crawford, Ivan Van Laningham, Josef # Betancourt, Randall Hopper, Karl Putland, John Farrell, Greg # Andruk, Just van Rossum, Thomas Heller, Mark R. Levinson, Mark # Hammond, Bill Tutt, Hans Nowak, Uwe Zessin (OpenVMS support), # Colin Kong, Trent Mick, Guido van Rossum # # History: # # # # 1.0.3 - added normalization of Windows system name # 1.0.2 - added more Windows support # 1.0.1 - reformatted to make doc.py happy # 1.0.0 - reformatted a bit and checked into Python CVS # 0.8.0 - added sys.version parser and various new access # APIs (python_version(), python_compiler(), etc.) # 0.7.2 - fixed architecture() to use sizeof(pointer) where available # 0.7.1 - added support for Caldera OpenLinux # 0.7.0 - some fixes for WinCE; untabified the source file # 0.6.2 - support for OpenVMS - requires version 1.5.2-V006 or higher and # vms_lib.getsyi() configured # 0.6.1 - added code to prevent 'uname -p' on platforms which are # known not to support it # 0.6.0 - fixed win32_ver() to hopefully work on Win95,98,NT and Win2k; # did some cleanup of the interfaces - some APIs have changed # 0.5.5 - fixed another type in the MacOS code... should have # used more coffee today ;-) # 0.5.4 - fixed a few typos in the MacOS code # 0.5.3 - added experimental MacOS support; added better popen() # workarounds in _syscmd_ver() -- still not 100% elegant # though # 0.5.2 - fixed uname() to return '' instead of 'unknown' in all # return values (the system uname command tends to return # 'unknown' instead of just leaving the field emtpy) # 0.5.1 - included code for slackware dist; added exception handlers # to cover up situations where platforms don't have os.popen # (e.g. Mac) or fail on socket.gethostname(); fixed libc # detection RE # 0.5.0 - changed the API names referring to system commands to *syscmd*; # added java_ver(); made syscmd_ver() a private # API (was system_ver() in previous versions) -- use uname() # instead; extended the win32_ver() to also return processor # type information # 0.4.0 - added win32_ver() and modified the platform() output for WinXX # 0.3.4 - fixed a bug in _follow_symlinks() # 0.3.3 - fixed popen() and "file" command invokation bugs # 0.3.2 - added architecture() API and support for it in platform() # 0.3.1 - fixed syscmd_ver() RE to support Windows NT # 0.3.0 - added system alias support # 0.2.3 - removed 'wince' again... oh well. # 0.2.2 - added 'wince' to syscmd_ver() supported platforms # 0.2.1 - added cache logic and changed the platform string format # 0.2.0 - changed the API to use functions instead of module globals # since some action take too long to be run on module import # 0.1.0 - first release # # You can always get the latest version of this module at: # # http://www.egenix.com/files/python/platform.py # # If that URL should fail, try contacting the author. __copyright__ = """ Copyright (c) 1999-2000, Marc-Andre Lemburg; mailto:mal@lemburg.com Copyright (c) 2000-2003, eGenix.com Software GmbH; mailto:info@egenix.com Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation or portions thereof, including modifications, that you make. EGENIX.COM SOFTWARE GMBH DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE ! """ __version__ = '1.0.4' import sys,string,os,re ### Platform specific APIs _libc_search = re.compile(r'(__libc_init)' '|' '(GLIBC_([0-9.]+))' '|' '(libc(_\w+)?\.so(?:\.(\d[0-9.]*))?)') def libc_ver(executable=sys.executable,lib='',version='', chunksize=2048): """ Tries to determine the libc version that the file executable (which defaults to the Python interpreter) is linked against. Returns a tuple of strings (lib,version) which default to the given parameters in case the lookup fails. Note that the function has intimate knowledge of how different libc versions add symbols to the executable and thus is probably only useable for executables compiled using gcc. The file is read and scanned in chunks of chunksize bytes. """ f = open(executable,'rb') binary = f.read(chunksize) pos = 0 while 1: m = _libc_search.search(binary,pos) if not m: binary = f.read(chunksize) if not binary: break pos = 0 continue libcinit,glibc,glibcversion,so,threads,soversion = m.groups() if libcinit and not lib: lib = 'libc' elif glibc: if lib != 'glibc': lib = 'glibc' version = glibcversion elif glibcversion > version: version = glibcversion elif so: if lib != 'glibc': lib = 'libc' if soversion > version: version = soversion if threads and version[-len(threads):] != threads: version = version + threads pos = m.end() f.close() return lib,version def _dist_try_harder(distname,version,id): """ Tries some special tricks to get the distribution information in case the default method fails. Currently supports older SuSE Linux, Caldera OpenLinux and Slackware Linux distributions. """ if os.path.exists('/var/adm/inst-log/info'): # SuSE Linux stores distribution information in that file info = open('/var/adm/inst-log/info').readlines() distname = 'SuSE' for line in info: tv = string.split(line) if len(tv) == 2: tag,value = tv else: continue if tag == 'MIN_DIST_VERSION': version = string.strip(value) elif tag == 'DIST_IDENT': values = string.split(value,'-') id = values[2] return distname,version,id if os.path.exists('/etc/.installed'): # Caldera OpenLinux has some infos in that file (thanks to Colin Kong) info = open('/etc/.installed').readlines() for line in info: pkg = string.split(line,'-') if len(pkg) >= 2 and pkg[0] == 'OpenLinux': # XXX does Caldera support non Intel platforms ? If yes, # where can we find the needed id ? return 'OpenLinux',pkg[1],id if os.path.isdir('/usr/lib/setup'): # Check for slackware verson tag file (thanks to Greg Andruk) verfiles = os.listdir('/usr/lib/setup') for n in range(len(verfiles)-1, -1, -1): if verfiles[n][:14] != 'slack-version-': del verfiles[n] if verfiles: verfiles.sort() distname = 'slackware' version = verfiles[-1][14:] return distname,version,id return distname,version,id _release_filename = re.compile(r'(\w+)[-_](release|version)') _release_version = re.compile(r'([\d.]+)[^(]*(?:\((.+)\))?') # Note:In supported_dists below we need 'fedora' before 'redhat' as in # Fedora redhat-release is a link to fedora-release. def dist(distname='',version='',id='', supported_dists=('SuSE', 'debian', 'fedora', 'redhat', 'mandrake')): """ Tries to determine the name of the Linux OS distribution name. The function first looks for a distribution release file in /etc and then reverts to _dist_try_harder() in case no suitable files are found. Returns a tuple (distname,version,id) which default to the args given as parameters. """ try: etc = os.listdir('/etc') except os.error: # Probably not a Unix system return distname,version,id for file in etc: m = _release_filename.match(file) if m: _distname,dummy = m.groups() if _distname in supported_dists: distname = _distname break else: return _dist_try_harder(distname,version,id) f = open('/etc/'+file,'r') firstline = f.readline() f.close() m = _release_version.search(firstline) if m: _version,_id = m.groups() if _version: version = _version if _id: id = _id else: # Unkown format... take the first two words l = string.split(string.strip(firstline)) if l: version = l[0] if len(l) > 1: id = l[1] return distname,version,id class _popen: """ Fairly portable (alternative) popen implementation. This is mostly needed in case os.popen() is not available, or doesn't work as advertised, e.g. in Win9X GUI programs like PythonWin or IDLE. Writing to the pipe is currently not supported. """ tmpfile = '' pipe = None bufsize = None mode = 'r' def __init__(self,cmd,mode='r',bufsize=None): if mode != 'r': raise ValueError,'popen()-emulation only supports read mode' import tempfile self.tmpfile = tmpfile = tempfile.mktemp() os.system(cmd + ' > %s' % tmpfile) self.pipe = open(tmpfile,'rb') self.bufsize = bufsize self.mode = mode def read(self): return self.pipe.read() def readlines(self): if self.bufsize is not None: return self.pipe.readlines() def close(self, remove=os.unlink,error=os.error): if self.pipe: rc = self.pipe.close() else: rc = 255 if self.tmpfile: try: remove(self.tmpfile) except error: pass return rc # Alias __del__ = close def popen(cmd, mode='r', bufsize=None): """ Portable popen() interface. """ # Find a working popen implementation preferring win32pipe.popen # over os.popen over _popen popen = None if os.environ.get('OS','') == 'Windows_NT': # On NT win32pipe should work; on Win9x it hangs due to bugs # in the MS C lib (see MS KnowledgeBase article Q150956) try: import win32pipe except ImportError: pass else: popen = win32pipe.popen if popen is None: if hasattr(os,'popen'): popen = os.popen # Check whether it works... it doesn't in GUI programs # on Windows platforms if sys.platform == 'win32': # XXX Others too ? try: popen('') except os.error: popen = _popen else: popen = _popen if bufsize is None: return popen(cmd,mode) else: return popen(cmd,mode,bufsize) def _norm_version(version,build=''): """ Normalize the version and build strings and return a single version string using the format major.minor.build (or patchlevel). """ l = string.split(version,'.') if build: l.append(build) try: ints = map(int,l) except ValueError: strings = l else: strings = map(str,ints) version = string.join(strings[:3],'.') return version _ver_output = re.compile(r'(?:([\w ]+) ([\w.]+) ' '.*' 'Version ([\d.]+))') def _syscmd_ver(system='',release='',version='', supported_platforms=('win32','win16','dos','os2')): """ Tries to figure out the OS version used and returns a tuple (system,release,version). It uses the "ver" shell command for this which is known to exists on Windows, DOS and OS/2. XXX Others too ? In case this fails, the given parameters are used as defaults. """ if sys.platform not in supported_platforms: return system,release,version # Try some common cmd strings for cmd in ('ver','command /c ver','cmd /c ver'): try: pipe = popen(cmd) info = pipe.read() if pipe.close(): raise os.error,'command failed' # XXX How can I supress shell errors from being written # to stderr ? except os.error as why: #print 'Command %s failed: %s' % (cmd,why) continue except IOError as why: #print 'Command %s failed: %s' % (cmd,why) continue else: break else: return system,release,version # Parse the output info = string.strip(info) m = _ver_output.match(info) if m: system,release,version = m.groups() # Strip trailing dots from version and release if release[-1] == '.': release = release[:-1] if version[-1] == '.': version = version[:-1] # Normalize the version and build strings (eliminating additional # zeros) version = _norm_version(version) return system,release,version def _win32_getvalue(key,name,default=''): """ Read a value for name from the registry key. In case this fails, default is returned. """ from win32api import RegQueryValueEx try: return RegQueryValueEx(key,name) except: return default def win32_ver(release='',version='',csd='',ptype=''): """ Get additional version information from the Windows Registry and return a tuple (version,csd,ptype) referring to version number, CSD level and OS type (multi/single processor). As a hint: ptype returns 'Uniprocessor Free' on single processor NT machines and 'Multiprocessor Free' on multi processor machines. The 'Free' refers to the OS version being free of debugging code. It could also state 'Checked' which means the OS version uses debugging code, i.e. code that checks arguments, ranges, etc. (Thomas Heller). Note: this function only works if Mark Hammond's win32 package is installed and obviously only runs on Win32 compatible platforms. """ # XXX Is there any way to find out the processor type on WinXX ? # XXX Is win32 available on Windows CE ? # # Adapted from code posted by Karl Putland to comp.lang.python. # # The mappings between reg. values and release names can be found # here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/osversioninfo_str.asp # Import the needed APIs try: import win32api except ImportError: return release,version,csd,ptype from win32api import RegQueryValueEx,RegOpenKeyEx,RegCloseKey,GetVersionEx from win32con import HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT,\ VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS # Find out the registry key and some general version infos maj,min,buildno,plat,csd = GetVersionEx() version = '%i.%i.%i' % (maj,min,buildno & 0xFFFF) if csd[:13] == 'Service Pack ': csd = 'SP' + csd[13:] if plat == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS: regkey = 'SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion' # Try to guess the release name if maj == 4: if min == 0: release = '95' elif min == 10: release = '98' elif min == 90: release = 'Me' else: release = 'postMe' elif maj == 5: release = '2000' elif plat == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT: regkey = 'SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion' if maj <= 4: release = 'NT' elif maj == 5: if min == 0: release = '2000' elif min == 1: release = 'XP' elif min == 2: release = '2003Server' else: release = 'post2003' else: if not release: # E.g. Win3.1 with win32s release = '%i.%i' % (maj,min) return release,version,csd,ptype # Open the registry key try: keyCurVer = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,regkey) # Get a value to make sure the key exists... RegQueryValueEx(keyCurVer,'SystemRoot') except: return release,version,csd,ptype # Parse values #subversion = _win32_getvalue(keyCurVer, # 'SubVersionNumber', # ('',1))[0] #if subversion: # release = release + subversion # 95a, 95b, etc. build = _win32_getvalue(keyCurVer, 'CurrentBuildNumber', ('',1))[0] ptype = _win32_getvalue(keyCurVer, 'CurrentType', (ptype,1))[0] # Normalize version version = _norm_version(version,build) # Close key RegCloseKey(keyCurVer) return release,version,csd,ptype def _mac_ver_lookup(selectors,default=None): from gestalt import gestalt import MacOS l = [] append = l.append for selector in selectors: try: append(gestalt(selector)) except (RuntimeError, MacOS.Error): append(default) return l def _bcd2str(bcd): return hex(bcd)[2:] def mac_ver(release='',versioninfo=('','',''),machine=''): """ Get MacOS version information and return it as tuple (release, versioninfo, machine) with versioninfo being a tuple (version, dev_stage, non_release_version). Entries which cannot be determined are set to the paramter values which default to ''. All tuple entries are strings. Thanks to Mark R. Levinson for mailing documentation links and code examples for this function. Documentation for the gestalt() API is available online at: http://www.rgaros.nl/gestalt/ """ # Check whether the version info module is available try: import gestalt import MacOS except ImportError: return release,versioninfo,machine # Get the infos sysv,sysu,sysa = _mac_ver_lookup(('sysv','sysu','sysa')) # Decode the infos if sysv: major = (sysv & 0xFF00) >> 8 minor = (sysv & 0x00F0) >> 4 patch = (sysv & 0x000F) release = '%s.%i.%i' % (_bcd2str(major),minor,patch) if sysu: major = int((sysu & 0xFF000000L) >> 24) minor = (sysu & 0x00F00000) >> 20 bugfix = (sysu & 0x000F0000) >> 16 stage = (sysu & 0x0000FF00) >> 8 nonrel = (sysu & 0x000000FF) version = '%s.%i.%i' % (_bcd2str(major),minor,bugfix) nonrel = _bcd2str(nonrel) stage = {0x20:'development', 0x40:'alpha', 0x60:'beta', 0x80:'final'}.get(stage,'') versioninfo = (version,stage,nonrel) if sysa: machine = {0x1: '68k', 0x2: 'PowerPC', 0xa: 'i386'}.get(sysa,'') return release,versioninfo,machine def _java_getprop(name,default): from java.lang import System try: return System.getProperty(name) except: return default def java_ver(release='',vendor='',vminfo=('','',''),osinfo=('','','')): """ Version interface for Jython. Returns a tuple (release,vendor,vminfo,osinfo) with vminfo being a tuple (vm_name,vm_release,vm_vendor) and osinfo being a tuple (os_name,os_version,os_arch). Values which cannot be determined are set to the defaults given as parameters (which all default to ''). """ # Import the needed APIs try: import java.lang except ImportError: return release,vendor,vminfo,osinfo vendor = _java_getprop('java.vendor',vendor) release = _java_getprop('java.version',release) vm_name,vm_release,vm_vendor = vminfo vm_name = _java_getprop('java.vm.name',vm_name) vm_vendor = _java_getprop('java.vm.vendor',vm_vendor) vm_release = _java_getprop('java.vm.version',vm_release) vminfo = vm_name,vm_release,vm_vendor os_name,os_version,os_arch = osinfo os_arch = _java_getprop('java.os.arch',os_arch) os_name = _java_getprop('java.os.name',os_name) os_version = _java_getprop('java.os.version',os_version) osinfo = os_name,os_version,os_arch return release,vendor,vminfo,osinfo ### System name aliasing def system_alias(system,release,version): """ Returns (system,release,version) aliased to common marketing names used for some systems. It also does some reordering of the information in some cases where it would otherwise cause confusion. """ if system == 'Rhapsody': # Apple's BSD derivative # XXX How can we determine the marketing release number ? return 'MacOS X Server',system+release,version elif system == 'SunOS': # Sun's OS if release < '5': # These releases use the old name SunOS return system,release,version # Modify release (marketing release = SunOS release - 3) l = string.split(release,'.') if l: try: major = int(l[0]) except ValueError: pass else: major = major - 3 l[0] = str(major) release = string.join(l,'.') if release < '6': system = 'Solaris' else: # XXX Whatever the new SunOS marketing name is... system = 'Solaris' elif system == 'IRIX64': # IRIX reports IRIX64 on platforms with 64-bit support; yet it # is really a version and not a different platform, since 32-bit # apps are also supported.. system = 'IRIX' if version: version = version + ' (64bit)' else: version = '64bit' elif system in ('win32','win16'): # In case one of the other tricks system = 'Windows' return system,release,version ### Various internal helpers def _platform(*args): """ Helper to format the platform string in a filename compatible format e.g. "system-version-machine". """ # Format the platform string platform = string.join( map(string.strip, filter(len,args)), '-') # Cleanup some possible filename obstacles... replace = string.replace platform = replace(platform,' ','_') platform = replace(platform,'/','-') platform = replace(platform,'\\','-') platform = replace(platform,':','-') platform = replace(platform,';','-') platform = replace(platform,'"','-') platform = replace(platform,'(','-') platform = replace(platform,')','-') # No need to report 'unknown' information... platform = replace(platform,'unknown','') # Fold '--'s and remove trailing '-' while 1: cleaned = replace(platform,'--','-') if cleaned == platform: break platform = cleaned while platform[-1] == '-': platform = platform[:-1] return platform def _node(default=''): """ Helper to determine the node name of this machine. """ try: import socket except ImportError: # No sockets... return default try: return socket.gethostname() except socket.error: # Still not working... return default # os.path.abspath is new in Python 1.5.2: if not hasattr(os.path,'abspath'): def _abspath(path, isabs=os.path.isabs,join=os.path.join,getcwd=os.getcwd, normpath=os.path.normpath): if not isabs(path): path = join(getcwd(), path) return normpath(path) else: _abspath = os.path.abspath def _follow_symlinks(filepath): """ In case filepath is a symlink, follow it until a real file is reached. """ filepath = _abspath(filepath) while os.path.islink(filepath): filepath = os.path.normpath( os.path.join(filepath,os.readlink(filepath))) return filepath def _syscmd_uname(option,default=''): """ Interface to the system's uname command. """ if sys.platform in ('dos','win32','win16','os2'): # XXX Others too ? return default try: f = os.popen('uname %s 2> /dev/null' % option) except (AttributeError,os.error): return default output = string.strip(f.read()) rc = f.close() if not output or rc: return default else: return output def _syscmd_file(target,default=''): """ Interface to the system's file command. The function uses the -b option of the file command to have it ommit the filename in its output and if possible the -L option to have the command follow symlinks. It returns default in case the command should fail. """ target = _follow_symlinks(target) try: f = os.popen('file %s 2> /dev/null' % target) except (AttributeError,os.error): return default output = string.strip(f.read()) rc = f.close() if not output or rc: return default else: return output ### Information about the used architecture # Default values for architecture; non-empty strings override the # defaults given as parameters _default_architecture = { 'win32': ('','WindowsPE'), 'win16': ('','Windows'), 'dos': ('','MSDOS'), } _architecture_split = re.compile(r'[\s,]').split def architecture(executable=sys.executable,bits='',linkage=''): """ Queries the given executable (defaults to the Python interpreter binary) for various architecture information. Returns a tuple (bits,linkage) which contains information about the bit architecture and the linkage format used for the executable. Both values are returned as strings. Values that cannot be determined are returned as given by the parameter presets. If bits is given as '', the sizeof(pointer) (or sizeof(long) on Python version < 1.5.2) is used as indicator for the supported pointer size. The function relies on the system's "file" command to do the actual work. This is available on most if not all Unix platforms. On some non-Unix platforms where the "file" command does not exist and the executable is set to the Python interpreter binary defaults from _default_architecture are used. """ # Use the sizeof(pointer) as default number of bits if nothing # else is given as default. if not bits: import struct try: size = struct.calcsize('P') except struct.error: # Older installations can only query longs size = struct.calcsize('l') bits = str(size*8) + 'bit' # Get data from the 'file' system command output = _syscmd_file(executable,'') if not output and \ executable == sys.executable: # "file" command did not return anything; we'll try to provide # some sensible defaults then... if sys.platform in _default_architecture: b,l = _default_architecture[sys.platform] if b: bits = b if l: linkage = l return bits,linkage # Split the output into a list of strings omitting the filename fileout = _architecture_split(output)[1:] if 'executable' not in fileout: # Format not supported return bits,linkage # Bits if '32-bit' in fileout: bits = '32bit' elif 'N32' in fileout: # On Irix only bits = 'n32bit' elif '64-bit' in fileout: bits = '64bit' # Linkage if 'ELF' in fileout: linkage = 'ELF' elif 'PE' in fileout: # E.g. Windows uses this format if 'Windows' in fileout: linkage = 'WindowsPE' else: linkage = 'PE' elif 'COFF' in fileout: linkage = 'COFF' elif 'MS-DOS' in fileout: linkage = 'MSDOS' else: # XXX the A.OUT format also falls under this class... pass return bits,linkage ### Portable uname() interface _uname_cache = None def uname(): """ Fairly portable uname interface. Returns a tuple of strings (system,node,release,version,machine,processor) identifying the underlying platform. Note that unlike the os.uname function this also returns possible processor information as an additional tuple entry. Entries which cannot be determined are set to ''. """ global _uname_cache if _uname_cache is not None: return _uname_cache # Get some infos from the builtin os.uname API... try: system,node,release,version,machine = os.uname() except AttributeError: # Hmm, no uname... we'll have to poke around the system then. system = sys.platform release = '' version = '' node = _node() machine = '' processor = '' use_syscmd_ver = 1 # Try win32_ver() on win32 platforms if system == 'win32': release,version,csd,ptype = win32_ver() if release and version: use_syscmd_ver = 0 # Try the 'ver' system command available on some # platforms if use_syscmd_ver: system,release,version = _syscmd_ver(system) # Normalize system to what win32_ver() normally returns # (_syscmd_ver() tends to return the vendor name as well) if system == 'Microsoft Windows': system = 'Windows' # In case we still don't know anything useful, we'll try to # help ourselves if system in ('win32','win16'): if not version: if system == 'win32': version = '32bit' else: version = '16bit' system = 'Windows' elif system[:4] == 'java': release,vendor,vminfo,osinfo = java_ver() system = 'Java' version = string.join(vminfo,', ') if not version: version = vendor elif os.name == 'mac': release,(version,stage,nonrel),machine = mac_ver() system = 'MacOS' else: # System specific extensions if system == 'OpenVMS': # OpenVMS seems to have release and version mixed up if not release or release == '0': release = version version = '' # Get processor information try: import vms_lib except ImportError: pass else: csid, cpu_number = vms_lib.getsyi('SYI$_CPU',0) if (cpu_number >= 128): processor = 'Alpha' else: processor = 'VAX' else: # Get processor information from the uname system command processor = _syscmd_uname('-p','') # 'unknown' is not really any useful as information; we'll convert # it to '' which is more portable if system == 'unknown': system = '' if node == 'unknown': node = '' if release == 'unknown': release = '' if version == 'unknown': version = '' if machine == 'unknown': machine = '' if processor == 'unknown': processor = '' _uname_cache = system,node,release,version,machine,processor return _uname_cache ### Direct interfaces to some of the uname() return values def system(): """ Returns the system/OS name, e.g. 'Linux', 'Windows' or 'Java'. An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined. """ return uname()[0] def node(): """ Returns the computer's network name (which may not be fully qualified) An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined. """ return uname()[1] def release(): """ Returns the system's release, e.g. '2.2.0' or 'NT' An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined. """ return uname()[2] def version(): """ Returns the system's release version, e.g. '#3 on degas' An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined. """ return uname()[3] def machine(): """ Returns the machine type, e.g. 'i386' An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined. """ return uname()[4] def processor(): """ Returns the (true) processor name, e.g. 'amdk6' An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined. Note that many platforms do not provide this information or simply return the same value as for machine(), e.g. NetBSD does this. """ return uname()[5] ### Various APIs for extracting information from sys.version _sys_version_parser = re.compile(r'([\w.+]+)\s*' '\(#?([^,]+),\s*([\w ]+),\s*([\w :]+)\)\s*' '\[([^\]]+)\]?') _sys_version_cache = None def _sys_version(): """ Returns a parsed version of Python's sys.version as tuple (version, buildno, builddate, compiler) referring to the Python version, build number, build date/time as string and the compiler identification string. Note that unlike the Python sys.version, the returned value for the Python version will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to '.0'). """ global _sys_version_cache if _sys_version_cache is not None: return _sys_version_cache version, buildno, builddate, buildtime, compiler = \ _sys_version_parser.match(sys.version).groups() builddate = builddate + ' ' + buildtime l = string.split(version, '.') if len(l) == 2: l.append('0') version = string.join(l, '.') _sys_version_cache = (version, buildno, builddate, compiler) return _sys_version_cache def python_version(): """ Returns the Python version as string 'major.minor.patchlevel' Note that unlike the Python sys.version, the returned value will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to 0). """ return _sys_version()[0] def python_version_tuple(): """ Returns the Python version as tuple (major, minor, patchlevel) of strings. Note that unlike the Python sys.version, the returned value will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to 0). """ return string.split(_sys_version()[0], '.') def python_build(): """ Returns a tuple (buildno, builddate) stating the Python build number and date as strings. """ return _sys_version()[1:3] def python_compiler(): """ Returns a string identifying the compiler used for compiling Python. """ return _sys_version()[3] ### The Opus Magnum of platform strings :-) _platform_cache = {} def platform(aliased=0, terse=0): """ Returns a single string identifying the underlying platform with as much useful information as possible (but no more :). The output is intended to be human readable rather than machine parseable. It may look different on different platforms and this is intended. If "aliased" is true, the function will use aliases for various platforms that report system names which differ from their common names, e.g. SunOS will be reported as Solaris. The system_alias() function is used to implement this. Setting terse to true causes the function to return only the absolute minimum information needed to identify the platform. """ result = _platform_cache.get((aliased, terse), None) if result is not None: return result # Get uname information and then apply platform specific cosmetics # to it... system,node,release,version,machine,processor = uname() if machine == processor: processor = '' if aliased: system,release,version = system_alias(system,release,version) if system == 'Windows': # MS platforms rel,vers,csd,ptype = win32_ver(version) if terse: platform = _platform(system,release) else: platform = _platform(system,release,version,csd) elif system in ('Linux',): # Linux based systems distname,distversion,distid = dist('') if distname and not terse: platform = _platform(system,release,machine,processor, 'with', distname,distversion,distid) else: # If the distribution name is unknown check for libc vs. glibc libcname,libcversion = libc_ver(sys.executable) platform = _platform(system,release,machine,processor, 'with', libcname+libcversion) elif system == 'Java': # Java platforms r,v,vminfo,(os_name,os_version,os_arch) = java_ver() if terse: platform = _platform(system,release,version) else: platform = _platform(system,release,version, 'on', os_name,os_version,os_arch) elif system == 'MacOS': # MacOS platforms if terse: platform = _platform(system,release) else: platform = _platform(system,release,machine) else: # Generic handler if terse: platform = _platform(system,release) else: bits,linkage = architecture(sys.executable) platform = _platform(system,release,machine,processor,bits,linkage) _platform_cache[(aliased, terse)] = platform return platform ### Command line interface if __name__ == '__main__': # Default is to print the aliased verbose platform string terse = ('terse' in sys.argv or '--terse' in sys.argv) aliased = (not 'nonaliased' in sys.argv and not '--nonaliased' in sys.argv) print platform(aliased,terse) sys.exit(0)