[QGIS-Developer] discover python executable in use

[Andreas Plesch]

Using the Python console on 2.18

import sys
sys.executable

returns

1) on Windows (2.18.9 32bit):

'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QGIS2~1.18\\bin\\qgis-bin.exe'

which unexpectedly does not appear to be a Python interpreter

and

2) on Linux (2.18.3. 64bit)

'/usr/bin/python'

which does appear to be the Python interpreter in use by the console.

Is there a cross platform way to discover the Python interpreter in current
use ? Would 1) considered to be a possible bug somewhere ?

I want to use it for

QProcess.startDetached(sys.executable, args, root_folder)

Thanks,

-Andreas


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Andreas Plesch
39 Barbara Rd.
Waltham, MA 02453
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