Re: Detecting OS X version from perl

[Michael Barto]

Just a quick question. Is there a command line at a terminal window of MacOSX that can do this- tell you more about the hardware? Also list software packages and their revisions and also patches? Peter Hartmann wrote: On my 800Mhz Dual Processor PPC the AS command system info returns the correct version (10.4.11). Am 17.11.2007 um 12:21 schrieb Eberhard Lisse: Very Cool, on my iMini Gestalt says it's 10.4.9 osascript/fider says 10.4.7 I guess this is the version for the application "Finder", not the OS! sw_version 10.4.11 the latter is correct :-)-O This AS tell application "Finder"     set FinderVersion to version     set OSVersion to product version     return {FinderVersion, OSVersion} end tell returns {"10.4.7", ""} So getting the OS version via the Finder seems to be broken - but there is an alternative, as shown above. Gestalt seems to be broken, however. ___ Peter Hartmann ________ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael Barto Software Architect LogiQwest Inc. 16458 Bolsa Chica Street, # 15 Huntington Beach, CA  92649 http://www.logiqwest.com/     [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:  714 377 3705 Fax: 714 840 3937 Cell: 714 883 1949 'tis a gift to be simple This e-mail may contain LogiQwest proprietary information and should be treated as confidential.