twisted.python.runtime.Platform

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class Platform: (source)

Gives us information about the platform we're running on.

Method	`__init__`	Undocumented
Method	`getType`	Get platform type.
Method	`isDocker`	Check if the current platform is Linux in a Docker container.
Method	`isKnown`	Do we know about this platform?
Method	`isLinux`	Check if current platform is Linux.
Method	`isMacOSX`	Check if current platform is macOS.
Method	`isVista`	Check if current platform is Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
Method	`isWindows`	Are we running in Windows?
Method	`isWinNT`	Are we running in Windows NT?
Method	`supportsINotify`	Return `True` if we can use the inotify API on this platform.
Method	`supportsThreads`	Can threads be created?
Class Variable	`seconds`	Undocumented
Instance Variable	`type`	Undocumented
Method	`_supportsSymlinks`	Check for symlink support usable for Twisted's purposes.
Instance Variable	`_platform`	Undocumented

def __init__(self, name: Optional[str] = None, platform: Optional[str] = None): (source) ¶

Undocumented

def getType(self) -> Optional[str]: (source) ¶

Get platform type.

Returns
`Optional[str]`	Either 'posix', 'win32' or 'java'

def isDocker(self, _initCGroupLocation: str = '/proc/1/cgroup') -> bool: (source) ¶

Check if the current platform is Linux in a Docker container.

Returns
`bool`	`True` if the current platform has been detected as Linux inside a Docker container.

def isKnown(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Do we know about this platform?

Returns
`bool`	Boolean indicating whether this is a known platform or not.

def isLinux(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Check if current platform is Linux.

Returns
`bool`	`True` if the current platform has been detected as Linux.

def isMacOSX(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Check if current platform is macOS.

Returns
`bool`	`True` if the current platform has been detected as macOS.

def isVista(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Check if current platform is Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.

Returns
`bool`	`True` if the current platform has been detected as Vista

def isWindows(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Are we running in Windows?

Returns
`bool`	`True` if the current platform has been detected as Windows.

def isWinNT(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Are we running in Windows NT?

This is deprecated and always returns True on win32 because Twisted only supports Windows NT-derived platforms at this point.

Returns
`bool`	`True` if the current platform has been detected as Windows NT.

def supportsINotify(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Return True if we can use the inotify API on this platform.

Present Since
10.1

def supportsThreads(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Can threads be created?

Returns
`bool`	`True` if the threads are supported on the current platform.

Undocumented

Undocumented

def _supportsSymlinks(self) -> bool: (source) ¶

Check for symlink support usable for Twisted's purposes.

Returns
`bool`	`True` if symlinks are supported on the current platform, otherwise `False`.

Undocumented