On Mar 29, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Russell E. Owen wrote: > How can I get the version of MacOS X within a python program? > (e.g. 10.4.5 -- something that is recognizable, rather than the kernel > version). > > In theory I can get it from gestalt, but I haven't figured out how > to do > it via the Carbon package, or even if it's possible. > > Any hints?
platform.mac_ver() -- this is almost definitely broken on Python 2.3.5 on Intel though, because Carbon.* and gestalt are mostly broken there. The reliable way that has always and should always work is to parse either /usr/bin/sw_vers or /System/Library/CoreServices/ SystemVersion.plist. > P.S. I'm going to be trying to figure out the same thing for unix and > even Windows. I think I know how to do those, but if you happen to > know > or have sample code, that'd be great. Probably also in the platform module... -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
