Re: System version as number (on non-US systems)
Re: System version as number (on non-US systems)
- Subject: Re: System version as number (on non-US systems)
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:41:39 -0400
on 02-09-11 3:17 PM, Brennan at email@hidden wrote:
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On OSX, I'm getting "10.1.2" because (of course) it's an international OS, so
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does not require a language code in the version, but does this really help?
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Can I rely on this?
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Isn't there some way of getting these values reliably as numbers? Is there
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another reliable way of knowing whether it's OSX or an earlier Mac system?
Each of my reports on new versions of AppleScript on The AppleScript
Sourcebook includes a section on how to check for versions of the system.
These are by no means complete disquisitions on the subject, but the
techniques described are reliable.
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