Question

In python2.7 it’s simple, just import the lib platform. But how can i see if my windows is 32 or 64 bits? I work with a system build in python2.2 and can’t find a way of do that 🙁

Any sugestions?

Answer 1

The platform module source code is informative.

Backported from there to determine the machine architecture on a Windows platform, it would use:

import os

def machine():
    try:
        return os.uname()[-1]
    except AttributeError:
        if "PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432" in os.environ:
            return os.environ.get("PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432", '')
        else:
            return os.environ.get('PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE', '')