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Re: Finding out OS version
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Re: Finding out OS version


  • Subject: Re: Finding out OS version
  • From: Lloyd Dupont <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:31:37 +1000

SInt32 vers;
Gestalt(gestaltSystemVersion, &vers);
ret->OSName = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"MacOS X %x.%x.%x",
(int) (vers >> 8),
(int) ((vers >> 4) & 0xF),
(int) (vers & 0xF)]
retain];

On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 08:45 PM, Tim Hewett wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need to modify my software to work under 10.1 as well as 10.2.
> At the moment it crashes under 10.1 as it uses the promised files
> API, which 10.1 doesn't appear to support.
>
> I'd prefer not to have a separate build for each OS, it would be
> better for the program to detect it is using 10.1 and so disable
> the features making use of promised files, but having searched
> the Cocoa help documentation I can't find a way to do it. The
> NSProcessInfo class has a method to return the OS version
> string but the documentation specifically states that it is not
> suitable for parsing...
>
> Anyone else hit this problem? Is there some method hidden
> away somewhere which gives the OS version in a format which
> software can use for decision making?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim Hewett.
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