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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>16.14. platform β Access to underlying platformβs identifying data — Python 3.6.7 documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/pydoctheme.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript" id="documentation_options" data-url_root="../" src="../_static/documentation_options.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/doctools.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/sidebar.js"></script> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Search within Python 3.6.7 documentation" href="../_static/opensearch.xml"/> <link rel="author" title="About these documents" href="../about.html" /> <link rel="index" title="Index" href="../genindex.html" /> <link rel="search" title="Search" href="../search.html" /> <link rel="copyright" title="Copyright" href="../copyright.html" /> <link rel="next" title="16.15. errno β Standard errno system symbols" href="errno.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="16.13. curses.panel β A panel stack extension for curses" href="curses.panel.html" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="../_static/py.png" /> <link rel="canonical" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/platform.html" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/copybutton.js"></script> </head><body> <div class="related" role="navigation" aria-label="related navigation"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../genindex.html" title="General Index" accesskey="I">index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="errno.html" title="16.15. errno β Standard errno system symbols" accesskey="N">next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="curses.panel.html" title="16.13. curses.panel β A panel stack extension for curses" accesskey="P">previous</a> |</li> <li><img src="../_static/py.png" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -1px"/></li> <li><a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a> »</li> <li> <a href="../index.html">3.6.7 Documentation</a> » </li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-1"><a href="index.html" >The Python Standard Library</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-2"><a href="allos.html" accesskey="U">16. Generic Operating System Services</a> »</li> <li class="right"> <div class="inline-search" style="display: none" role="search"> <form class="inline-search" action="../search.html" method="get"> <input placeholder="Quick search" type="text" name="q" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('.inline-search').show(0);</script> | </li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body" role="main"> <div class="section" id="module-platform"> <span id="platform-access-to-underlying-platform-s-identifying-data"></span><h1>16.14. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-platform" title="platform: Retrieves as much platform identifying data as possible."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">platform</span></code></a> β Access to underlying platformβs identifying data<a class="headerlink" href="#module-platform" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1> <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.6/Lib/platform.py">Lib/platform.py</a></p> <hr class="docutils" /> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">Specific platforms listed alphabetically, with Linux included in the Unix section.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="cross-platform"> <h2>16.14.1. Cross Platform<a class="headerlink" href="#cross-platform" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h2> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.architecture"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">architecture</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>executable=sys.executable</em>, <em>bits=''</em>, <em>linkage=''</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.architecture" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Queries the given executable (defaults to the Python interpreter binary) for various architecture information.</p> <p>Returns a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bits,</span> <span class="pre">linkage)</span></code> which contain information about the bit architecture and the linkage format used for the executable. Both values are returned as strings.</p> <p>Values that cannot be determined are returned as given by the parameter presets. If bits is given as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">''</span></code>, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sizeof(pointer)</span></code> (or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sizeof(long)</span></code> on Python version < 1.5.2) is used as indicator for the supported pointer size.</p> <p>The function relies on the systemβs <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">file</span></code> command to do the actual work. This is available on most if not all Unix platforms and some non-Unix platforms and then only if the executable points to the Python interpreter. Reasonable defaults are used when the above needs are not met.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p>On Mac OS X (and perhaps other platforms), executable files may be universal files containing multiple architectures.</p> <p>To get at the β64-bitnessβ of the current interpreter, it is more reliable to query the <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.maxsize" title="sys.maxsize"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.maxsize</span></code></a> attribute:</p> <div class="last highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">is_64bits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">maxsize</span> <span class="o">></span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">**</span><span class="mi">32</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.machine"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">machine</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.machine" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the machine type, e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'i386'</span></code>. An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.node"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">node</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.node" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the computerβs network name (may not be fully qualified!). An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.platform"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">platform</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>aliased=0</em>, <em>terse=0</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.platform" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a single string identifying the underlying platform with as much useful information as possible.</p> <p>The output is intended to be <em>human readable</em> rather than machine parseable. It may look different on different platforms and this is intended.</p> <p>If <em>aliased</em> is true, the function will use aliases for various platforms that report system names which differ from their common names, for example SunOS will be reported as Solaris. The <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.system_alias" title="platform.system_alias"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">system_alias()</span></code></a> function is used to implement this.</p> <p>Setting <em>terse</em> to true causes the function to return only the absolute minimum information needed to identify the platform.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.processor"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">processor</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.processor" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the (real) processor name, e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'amdk6'</span></code>.</p> <p>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 <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.machine" title="platform.machine"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">machine()</span></code></a>. NetBSD does this.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.python_build"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">python_build</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.python_build" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(buildno,</span> <span class="pre">builddate)</span></code> stating the Python build number and date as strings.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.python_compiler"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">python_compiler</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.python_compiler" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a string identifying the compiler used for compiling Python.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.python_branch"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">python_branch</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.python_branch" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a string identifying the Python implementation SCM branch.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.python_implementation"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">python_implementation</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.python_implementation" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a string identifying the Python implementation. Possible return values are: βCPythonβ, βIronPythonβ, βJythonβ, βPyPyβ.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.python_revision"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">python_revision</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.python_revision" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a string identifying the Python implementation SCM revision.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.python_version"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">python_version</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.python_version" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the Python version as string <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'major.minor.patchlevel'</span></code>.</p> <p>Note that unlike the Python <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.version</span></code>, the returned value will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to 0).</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.python_version_tuple"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">python_version_tuple</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.python_version_tuple" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the Python version as tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(major,</span> <span class="pre">minor,</span> <span class="pre">patchlevel)</span></code> of strings.</p> <p>Note that unlike the Python <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.version</span></code>, the returned value will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'0'</span></code>).</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.release"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">release</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.release" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the systemβs release, e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'2.2.0'</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'NT'</span></code> An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.system"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">system</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.system" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the system/OS name, e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'Linux'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'Windows'</span></code>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'Java'</span></code>. An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.system_alias"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">system_alias</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>system</em>, <em>release</em>, <em>version</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.system_alias" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(system,</span> <span class="pre">release,</span> <span class="pre">version)</span></code> 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.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.version"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">version</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.version" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the systemβs release version, e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'#3</span> <span class="pre">on</span> <span class="pre">degas'</span></code>. An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.uname"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">uname</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.uname" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Fairly portable uname interface. Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="collections.html#collections.namedtuple" title="collections.namedtuple"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">namedtuple()</span></code></a> containing six attributes: <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.system" title="platform.system"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">system</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.node" title="platform.node"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">node</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.release" title="platform.release"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">release</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.version" title="platform.version"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">version</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.machine" title="platform.machine"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">machine</span></code></a>, and <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.processor" title="platform.processor"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">processor</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Note that this adds a sixth attribute (<a class="reference internal" href="#platform.processor" title="platform.processor"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">processor</span></code></a>) not present in the <a class="reference internal" href="os.html#os.uname" title="os.uname"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.uname()</span></code></a> result. Also, the attribute names are different for the first two attributes; <a class="reference internal" href="os.html#os.uname" title="os.uname"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.uname()</span></code></a> names them <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysname</span></code> and <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nodename</span></code>.</p> <p>Entries which cannot be determined are set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">''</span></code>.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.3: </span>Result changed from a tuple to a namedtuple.</p> </div> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="java-platform"> <h2>16.14.2. Java Platform<a class="headerlink" href="#java-platform" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h2> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.java_ver"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">java_ver</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>release=''</em>, <em>vendor=''</em>, <em>vminfo=(''</em>, <em>''</em>, <em>'')</em>, <em>osinfo=(''</em>, <em>''</em>, <em>'')</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.java_ver" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Version interface for Jython.</p> <p>Returns a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(release,</span> <span class="pre">vendor,</span> <span class="pre">vminfo,</span> <span class="pre">osinfo)</span></code> with <em>vminfo</em> being a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(vm_name,</span> <span class="pre">vm_release,</span> <span class="pre">vm_vendor)</span></code> and <em>osinfo</em> being a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(os_name,</span> <span class="pre">os_version,</span> <span class="pre">os_arch)</span></code>. Values which cannot be determined are set to the defaults given as parameters (which all default to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">''</span></code>).</p> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="windows-platform"> <h2>16.14.3. Windows Platform<a class="headerlink" href="#windows-platform" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h2> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.win32_ver"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">win32_ver</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>release=''</em>, <em>version=''</em>, <em>csd=''</em>, <em>ptype=''</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.win32_ver" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Get additional version information from the Windows Registry and return a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(release,</span> <span class="pre">version,</span> <span class="pre">csd,</span> <span class="pre">ptype)</span></code> referring to OS release, version number, CSD level (service pack) and OS type (multi/single processor).</p> <p>As a hint: <em>ptype</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'Uniprocessor</span> <span class="pre">Free'</span></code> on single processor NT machines and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'Multiprocessor</span> <span class="pre">Free'</span></code> on multi processor machines. The <em>βFreeβ</em> refers to the OS version being free of debugging code. It could also state <em>βCheckedβ</em> which means the OS version uses debugging code, i.e. code that checks arguments, ranges, etc.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">This function works best with Mark Hammondβs <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">win32all</span></code> package installed, but also on Python 2.3 and later (support for this was added in Python 2.6). It obviously only runs on Win32 compatible platforms.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <div class="section" id="win95-98-specific"> <h3>16.14.3.1. Win95/98 specific<a class="headerlink" href="#win95-98-specific" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h3> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.popen"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">popen</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>cmd</em>, <em>mode='r'</em>, <em>bufsize=-1</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.popen" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Portable <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.popen" title="platform.popen"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">popen()</span></code></a> interface. Find a working popen implementation preferring <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">win32pipe.popen()</span></code>. On Windows NT, <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">win32pipe.popen()</span></code> should work; on Windows 9x it hangs due to bugs in the MS C library.</p> <div class="deprecated"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 3.3: </span>This function is obsolete. Use the <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#module-subprocess" title="subprocess: Subprocess management."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess</span></code></a> module. Check especially the <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess-replacements"><span class="std std-ref">Replacing Older Functions with the subprocess Module</span></a> section.</p> </div> </dd></dl> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="mac-os-platform"> <h2>16.14.4. Mac OS Platform<a class="headerlink" href="#mac-os-platform" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h2> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.mac_ver"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">mac_ver</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>release=''</em>, <em>versioninfo=(''</em>, <em>''</em>, <em>'')</em>, <em>machine=''</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.mac_ver" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Get Mac OS version information and return it as tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(release,</span> <span class="pre">versioninfo,</span> <span class="pre">machine)</span></code> with <em>versioninfo</em> being a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(version,</span> <span class="pre">dev_stage,</span> <span class="pre">non_release_version)</span></code>.</p> <p>Entries which cannot be determined are set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">''</span></code>. All tuple entries are strings.</p> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="unix-platforms"> <h2>16.14.5. Unix Platforms<a class="headerlink" href="#unix-platforms" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h2> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.dist"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">dist</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>distname=''</em>, <em>version=''</em>, <em>id=''</em>, <em>supported_dists=('SuSE'</em>, <em>'debian'</em>, <em>'redhat'</em>, <em>'mandrake'</em>, <em>...)</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.dist" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>This is another name for <a class="reference internal" href="#platform.linux_distribution" title="platform.linux_distribution"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">linux_distribution()</span></code></a>.</p> <div class="deprecated-removed"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 3.5, will be removed in version 3.8: </span>See alternative like the <a class="reference external" href="https://pypi.org/project/distro">distro</a> package.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.linux_distribution"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">linux_distribution</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>distname=''</em>, <em>version=''</em>, <em>id=''</em>, <em>supported_dists=('SuSE'</em>, <em>'debian'</em>, <em>'redhat'</em>, <em>'mandrake'</em>, <em>...)</em>, <em>full_distribution_name=1</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.linux_distribution" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Tries to determine the name of the Linux OS distribution name.</p> <p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">supported_dists</span></code> may be given to define the set of Linux distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently supported Linux distributions identified by their release file name.</p> <p>If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">full_distribution_name</span></code> is true (default), the full distribution read from the OS is returned. Otherwise the short name taken from <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">supported_dists</span></code> is used.</p> <p>Returns a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(distname,version,id)</span></code> which defaults to the args given as parameters. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">id</span></code> is the item in parentheses after the version number. It is usually the version codename.</p> <div class="deprecated-removed"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 3.5, will be removed in version 3.8: </span>See alternative like the <a class="reference external" href="https://pypi.org/project/distro">distro</a> package.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="platform.libc_ver"> <code class="descclassname">platform.</code><code class="descname">libc_ver</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>executable=sys.executable</em>, <em>lib=''</em>, <em>version=''</em>, <em>chunksize=16384</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#platform.libc_ver" title="Permalink to this definition">ΒΆ</a></dt> <dd><p>Tries to determine the libc version against which the file executable (defaults to the Python interpreter) is linked. Returns a tuple of strings <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(lib,</span> <span class="pre">version)</span></code> which default to the given parameters in case the lookup fails.</p> <p>Note that this function has intimate knowledge of how different libc versions add symbols to the executable is probably only usable for executables compiled using <strong class="program">gcc</strong>.</p> <p>The file is read and scanned in chunks of <em>chunksize</em> bytes.</p> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">16.14. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">platform</span></code> β Access to underlying platformβs identifying data</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#cross-platform">16.14.1. 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