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[ljmetzger]

Python 2:

Output:
>>> import sys
>>> sys.platform 
'linux2'
>>> 

Python 3:

Output:
>>> import sys
>>> sys.platform 
'linux'
>>> 

It's not a bug, it's a 'feature'. The '3' was removed in Python 3.3

See https://bugs.python.org/issue12326 for a long winded 'official' discussion.

For a summary see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1041...not-linux3

In the summary link it is suggested to use one of:

sys.platform.startswith('linux')

sys.platform == 'linux' # if you don't need to support older Python versions

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It is also mentioned that 'win32' is used on all Windows systems, as apparently the term 'Win64' offends Microsoft.

Lewis