nicetoolbox.utils.system.detect_os_type

nicetoolbox.utils.system.detect_os_type() → str

Detects the underlying operating system.

Returns:

A string representing the operating system type.

It can be either ‘windows’ or ‘linux’.

Return type:

str

Notes

This function uses the platform module to determine the operating system. It checks the platform.system() function’s return value and returns ‘windows’ if it’s ‘Windows’, and ‘linux’ if it’s either ‘Linux’ or ‘Darwin’.