/usr/bin/sw_vers technically calls a private (at least undocumented) CoreFoundation API, it doesn't parse that plist directly :) On further inspection, it looks like parsing the plist directly is supported API these days (see the bottom of <http:// developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Gestalt_Manager/ gestalt_refchap/chapter_1.4_section_181.html>): import plistlib dct = plistlib.Plist.fromFile('/System/Library/CoreServices/ SystemVersion.plist') print '%(ProductName)s %(ProductVersion)s' % dct -bob On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:02 PM, Wilfredo Sánchez Vega wrote:
"rhapsody" is emitted by uname on Mac OS X Server 1.x, but not on anything we ship today.
Bob's right, the version number from uname only tells you about the kernel, and not whether, for example, the Cocoa API is on the system (it wouldn't be on a standalone Darwin OS install, which will have the same uname output).
Just FYI, /usr/bin/sw_vers parses /System/Library/CoreServices/ SystemVersion.plist, which is XML. If you want that info, parsing the file may be more efficient than forking off sw_vers.
-wsv
On Sep 21, 2005, at 8:28 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
I forgot. The current code recognizes 'Rhapsody' and maps it to "MacOS X Server". But I don't see any evidence that Apple still uses the code name Rhapsody. Does uname ever return 'Rhapsody'?