[python-win32] ActiveState Python + Cygwin Query (original) (raw)

Reedick, Andrew jr9445 at ATT.COM
Tue Jan 8 21:30:15 CET 2008

Check the environment variables:

            OS=Windows_NT

            OSTYPE=cygwin

From: python-win32-bounces at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Tennis Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:08 PM To: python-win32 at python.org Subject: [python-win32] ActiveState Python + Cygwin Query

Hi,

I have 2 questions concerning this combination.

  1.  Since ActiveState uses win32 path names and cygwin uses linux

path names, there are lots of occasions when files can't be found. There are multiple ways (I understand) that this can be reconciled, but what is considered the most workable? (And no, getting rid of ActiveState or cygwin isn't possible, so that option is out ;-) ) 

  1.  What's the best pythonic way to detect that the environment is

cygwin? Is there some way to do it via "os" methods?

Thanks,

-T

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