Re: determine CPU type at runtime

On Feb 25, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Paul Archibald wrote:


> One of the apps I am working on has minor issues when running on an
> Intel Mac, so I would like to be able to detect the cpu type at
> runtime. I just need a method like:
>
> bool ThisAppIsRunningOnAPowerPC()
>
> Is this a job for Gestalt? It looks so complicated.


It's an API question, not a tools question, so it's not a job for
Xcode.  (Though you got two tools-based replies that you might find
useful).

The droid you're looking for is sysctlbyname().

x-man-page://sysctlbyname
file:///usr/include/sys/sysctl.h

You're looking for CTL_HW, HW_MODEL.


Chris

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