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author	Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
date	Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:42:07 +0000
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30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	1 \section{\module{platform} ---
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	2 Access to underlying platform's identifying data.}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	3
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	4 \declaremodule{standard}{platform}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	5 \modulesynopsis{Retrieves as much platform identifying data as possible.}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	6 \moduleauthor{Marc-Andre Lemburg}{mal@egenix.com}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	7 \sectionauthor{Bjorn Pettersen}{bpettersen@corp.fairisaac.com}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	8
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	9 \versionadded{2.3}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	10
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	11 \begin{notice}
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	12 Specific platforms listed alphabetically, with Linux included in the
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	13 \UNIX{} section.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	14 \end{notice}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	15
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	16 \subsection{Cross Platform}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	17
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	18 \begin{funcdesc}{architecture}{executable=sys.executable, bits='', linkage=''}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	19 Queries the given executable (defaults to the Python interpreter
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	20 binary) for various architecture informations.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	21
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	22 Returns a tuple \code{(bits, linkage)} which contain information about
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	23 the bit architecture and the linkage format used for the
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	24 executable. Both values are returned as strings.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	25
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	26 Values that cannot be determined are returned as given by the
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	27 parameter presets. If bits is given as \code{''}, the
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	28 \cfunction{sizeof(pointer)}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	29 (or \cfunction{sizeof(long)} on Python version < 1.5.2) is used as
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	30 indicator for the supported pointer size.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	31
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	32 The function relies on the system's \file{file} command to do the
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	33 actual work. This is available on most if not all \UNIX{}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	34 platforms and some non-\UNIX{} platforms and then only if the
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	35 executable points to the Python interpreter. Reasonable defaults
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	36 are used when the above needs are not met.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	37 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	38
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	39 \begin{funcdesc}{machine}{}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	40 Returns the machine type, e.g. \code{'i386'}.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	41 An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	42 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	43
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	44 \begin{funcdesc}{node}{}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	45 Returns the computer's network name (may not be fully qualified!).
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	46 An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	47 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	48
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	49 \begin{funcdesc}{platform}{aliased=0, terse=0}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	50 Returns a single string identifying the underlying platform
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	51 with as much useful information as possible.
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	52
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	53 The output is intended to be \emph{human readable} rather than
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	54 machine parseable. It may look different on different platforms and
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	55 this is intended.
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	56
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	57 If \var{aliased} is true, the function will use aliases for various
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	58 platforms that report system names which differ from their common
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	59 names, for example SunOS will be reported as Solaris. The
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	60 \function{system_alias()} function is used to implement this.
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	61
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	62 Setting \var{terse} to true causes the function to return only the
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	63 absolute minimum information needed to identify the platform.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	64 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	65
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	66 \begin{funcdesc}{processor}{}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	67 Returns the (real) processor name, e.g. \code{'amdk6'}.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	68
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	69 An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined. Note
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	70 that many platforms do not provide this information or simply return
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	71 the same value as for \function{machine()}. NetBSD does this.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	72 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	73
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	74 \begin{funcdesc}{python_build}{}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	75 Returns a tuple \code{(\var{buildno}, \var{builddate})} stating the
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	76 Python build number and date as strings.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	77 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	78
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	79 \begin{funcdesc}{python_compiler}{}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	80 Returns a string identifying the compiler used for compiling Python.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	81 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	82
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	83 \begin{funcdesc}{python_version}{}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	84 Returns the Python version as string \code{'major.minor.patchlevel'}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	85
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	86 Note that unlike the Python \code{sys.version}, the returned value
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	87 will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to 0).
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	88 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	89
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	90 \begin{funcdesc}{python_version_tuple}{}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	91 Returns the Python version as tuple \code{(\var{major}, \var{minor},
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	92 \var{patchlevel})} of strings.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	93
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	94 Note that unlike the Python \code{sys.version}, the returned value
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	95 will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to \code{'0'}).
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	96 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	97
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	98 \begin{funcdesc}{release}{}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	99 Returns the system's release, e.g. \code{'2.2.0'} or \code{'NT'}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	100 An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	101 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	102
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	103 \begin{funcdesc}{system}{}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	104 Returns the system/OS name, e.g. \code{'Linux'}, \code{'Windows'},
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	105 or \code{'Java'}.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	106 An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	107 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	108
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	109 \begin{funcdesc}{system_alias}{system, release, version}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	110 Returns \code{(\var{system}, \var{release}, \var{version})} aliased
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	111 to common marketing names used for some systems. It also does some
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	112 reordering of the information in some cases where it would otherwise
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	113 cause confusion.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	114 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	115
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	116 \begin{funcdesc}{version}{}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	117 Returns the system's release version, e.g. \code{'\#3 on degas'}.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	118 An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	119 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	120
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	121 \begin{funcdesc}{uname}{}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	122 Fairly portable uname interface. Returns a tuple of strings
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	123 \code{(\var{system}, \var{node}, \var{release}, \var{version},
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	124 \var{machine}, \var{processor})} identifying the underlying
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	125 platform.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	126
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	127 Note that unlike the \function{os.uname()} function this also returns
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	128 possible processor information as additional tuple entry.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	129
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	130 Entries which cannot be determined are set to \code{''}.
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	131 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	132
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	133
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	134 \subsection{Java Platform}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	135
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	136 \begin{funcdesc}{java_ver}{release='', vendor='', vminfo=('','',''),
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	137 osinfo=('','','')}
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	138 Version interface for JPython.
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	139
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	140 Returns a tuple \code{(\var{release}, \var{vendor}, \var{vminfo},
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	141 \var{osinfo})} with \var{vminfo} being a tuple \code{(\var{vm_name},
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	142 \var{vm_release}, \var{vm_vendor})} and \var{osinfo} being a tuple
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	143 \code{(\var{os_name}, \var{os_version}, \var{os_arch})}.
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	144 Values which cannot be determined are set to the defaults
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	145 given as parameters (which all default to \code{''}).
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	146 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	147
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	148
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	149 \subsection{Windows Platform}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	150
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	151 \begin{funcdesc}{win32_ver}{release='', version='', csd='', ptype=''}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	152 Get additional version information from the Windows Registry
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	153 and return a tuple \code{(\var{version}, \var{csd}, \var{ptype})}
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	154 referring to version number, CSD level and OS type (multi/single
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	155 processor).
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30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	157 As a hint: \var{ptype} is \code{'Uniprocessor Free'} on single
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	158 processor NT machines and \code{'Multiprocessor Free'} on multi
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	159 processor machines. The \emph{'Free'} refers to the OS version being
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	160 free of debugging code. It could also state \emph{'Checked'} which
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	161 means the OS version uses debugging code, i.e. code that
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	162 checks arguments, ranges, etc.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	163
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	164 \begin{notice}[note]
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	165 This function only works if Mark Hammond's \module{win32all}
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	166 package is installed and (obviously) only runs on Win32
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	167 compatible platforms.
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	168 \end{notice}
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	169 \end{funcdesc}
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	170
4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	171 \subsubsection{Win95/98 specific}
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4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	173 \begin{funcdesc}{popen}{cmd, mode='r', bufsize=None}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	174 Portable \function{popen()} interface. Find a working popen
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	175 implementation preferring \function{win32pipe.popen()}. On Windows
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	176 NT, \function{win32pipe.popen()} should work; on Windows 9x it hangs
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	177 due to bugs in the MS C library.
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	178 % This KnowledgeBase article appears to be missing...
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	179 %See also \ulink{MS KnowledgeBase article Q150956}{}.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	180 \end{funcdesc}
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30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	183 \subsection{Mac OS Platform}
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4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	185 \begin{funcdesc}{mac_ver}{release='', versioninfo=('','',''), machine=''}
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	186 Get Mac OS version information and return it as tuple
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	187 \code{(\var{release}, \var{versioninfo}, \var{machine})} with
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	188 \var{versioninfo} being a tuple \code{(\var{version},
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	189 \var{dev_stage}, \var{non_release_version})}.
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30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	191 Entries which cannot be determined are set to \code{''}. All tuple
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	192 entries are strings.
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	193
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	194 Documentation for the underlying \cfunction{gestalt()} API is
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	195 available online at \url{http://www.rgaros.nl/gestalt/}.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	196 \end{funcdesc}
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30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	199 \subsection{\UNIX{} Platforms}
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30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	201 \begin{funcdesc}{dist}{distname='', version='', id='',
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	202 supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake')}
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	203 Tries to determine the name of the OS distribution name
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	204 Returns a tuple \code{(\var{distname}, \var{version}, \var{id})}
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	205 which defaults to the args given as parameters.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	206 \end{funcdesc}
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30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	209 \begin{funcdesc}{libc_ver}{executable=sys.executable, lib='',
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	210 version='', chunksize=2048}
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	211 Tries to determine the libc version against which the file
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	212 executable (defaults to the Python interpreter) is linked. Returns
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	213 a tuple of strings \code{(\var{lib}, \var{version})} which default
38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	214 to the given parameters in case the lookup fails.
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30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	216 Note that this function has intimate knowledge of how different
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	217 libc versions add symbols to the executable is probably only
30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	218 useable for executables compiled using \program{gcc}.
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30739 38b94c05b85b - make this section format Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> parents: 30693 diff changeset	220 The file is read and scanned in chunks of \var{chunksize} bytes.
30693 4388bbad0bc3 Initial checkin of docs for Lib/platform.py . Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	221 \end{funcdesc}

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