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  r66104 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2008-09-01 23:32:58 +0900 | 2 lines

  Issue #3748: platform.architecture() printed vogus message on windows.
  Reviewed by Marc-Andre Lemburg.
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Lib/platform.py

@@ -940,6 +940,9 @@ def _syscmd_file(target,default=''):
         case the command should fail.
 
     """
+    if sys.platform in ('dos','win32','win16','os2'):
+        # XXX Others too ?
+        return default
     target = _follow_symlinks(target)
     try:
         f = os.popen('file %s 2> /dev/null' % target)