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Just test for maxint value:
from sys import maxint
if maxint >> 33:
print "more than 32 bits" # probably 64
else:
print "32 bits"
Best regards,
Manuel.
Trent Mick wrote:
> norseman wrote:
>>
>> > > I need to know if I'm running on 32bit or 64bit ... so far I haven't
>> > > come up with how to get this info via python. sys.platform returns
>> > > what python was built on ... but not what the current system is.
>> > >
>> > > I thought platform.uname() or just platform.processor() would have
>> > > done it, but python returns an empty string on windows. Any ideas?
>
> If just for Windows I believe you can use the "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"
> environment variable -- at least on NT-based Windows versions.
>
> Values are x86 (32-bit), IA64 (64-bit) and AMD64 (64-bit).
>
> Here is a "platinfo.py" module that might help if you need to do this
> for other platforms:
>
> http://svn.openkomodo.com/openkomodo/view/openkomodo/trunk/util/platinfo.py
>
>
> Cheers,
> Trent
>
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