[issue8080] os.uname failing in windows

Florent Xicluna added the comment: Use platform.uname(), it is available on all platforms. -- nosy: +flox priority: -> normal ___ Python tracker ___

[issue8080] os.uname failing in windows

Brian Curtin added the comment: As documented, this is not supported on Windows. http://docs.python.org/dev/library/os#os.uname os.uname is generated in Modules/posixmodule.c, not in platform.py -- nosy: +brian.curtin resolution: -> invalid status: open -> closed

[issue8080] os.uname failing in windows

New submission from Stuart Axon : I'm not sure why this is happening, but os.uname() is failing on my computer in XP Home 32bit. Tested in the normal shell and MSys The code in platform.py looks like it should work to me. [C:\usr\Python26\Lib]python Python 2.6.4 (r264:75708, Oct 26 2009, 08: