Re: Detecting OS X version from perl

[Michael Barto]

Everyone has suggested  "system_profiler" for the hardware stuff. But it appears that I will need do some parsing with  $ grep -A1 'BundleShortVersion' /Library/Receipts/*.pkg/Contents/version.plist  | grep string On Solaris you have pkginfo,  in HP you have "swlist" and Linux you need to use RPM and do " if [ -e /bin/rpm ]; then   #rpm based distributions:   /bin/rpm -qiav >> ${DATADIR}/${HOST}.programs elif [ -e /usr/bin/apt-cache ]; then   #APT (Advanced Packaging Tool) based distributions:   for PKG in `apt-cache pkgnames`; do apt-cache show $PKG; done >> ${DATADIR}/${HOST}.programs elif [ -d /var/db/pkg ]; then   #Portage software management system based distributions:   for PKG in `find /var/db/pkg/ -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -printf "%P\n"`; do     echo "Package name: $PKG";     if [ -f /var/db/pkg/$PKG/DESCRIPTION ]; then       echo "DESCRIPTION: `cat /var/db/pkg/$PKG/DESCRIPTION`";     else       cat /var/db/pkg/$PKG/*ebuild | grep "DESCRIPTION";     fi     if [ -f /var/db/pkg/$PKG/HOMEPAGE ]; then       echo "HOMEPAGE: `cat /var/db/pkg/$PKG/HOMEPAGE`";     else       cat /var/db/pkg/$PKG/*ebuild | grep "HOMEPAGE";     fi     if [ -f /var/db/pkg/$PKG/LICENSE ]; then       echo "LICENSE: `cat /var/db/pkg/$PKG/LICENSE`";     else       cat /var/db/pkg/$PKG/*ebuild | grep "LICENSE";     fi     echo;   done >> ${DATADIR}/${HOST}.programs else     echo "Unable to retrieve package information" >> ${DATADIR}/${HOST}.programs fi " Seems not a simple solution for MacOSX for system managers who use script to collection information about Unix systems. On the other hand. MacOSX does support "df" and "ifconfig -a" In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Devers) wrote: Quick report: $ system_profiler -detailLevel mini Obsessive detail report: $ system_profiler -detailLevel full a little more precise if use system_profiler : system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType|grep "System Version" -- 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.