At 06:12 PM 5/12/04 +0800, Choo Zhi Min wrote: >What does "import os; print os.name" return in Cygwin, nt or posix? Python 2.3.2 (#1, Oct 9 2003, 12:03:29) [GCC 3.3.1 (cygming special)] on cygwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import os >>> os.name 'posix' >>>