Re: Detecting OS X version from perl

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"
>
>
>   

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