Re: determine whether an ancillary program/task can run
Re: determine whether an ancillary program/task can run
- Subject: Re: determine whether an ancillary program/task can run
- From: Rainer Brockerhoff <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:44:58 -0300
On 02/09/2011, at 00:13, Ken Thomases wrote:
> On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:42 PM, Rainer Brockerhoff wrote:
>
>> On 01/09/2011, at 20:17, email@hidden wrote:
>>> From: Martin Wierschin <email@hidden>
>>> Date: 1 de setembro de 2011 19:11:24 BRT
>>> To: Dave DeLong <email@hidden>
>>> Cc: Cocoa Dev List <email@hidden>
>>>
>>> Offhand does anyone know how to inspect the architecture(s) of a plain executable file? I've been googling for a little bit and haven't hit upon anything that works yet.
>>
>> Sure, that's easy to do. Define a C function like this:
>>
>> #include <mach-o/fat.h>
>> char* FindMachoHeader(char* input, cpu_type_t cpu) {
>> ...
> You might be interested in the functions listed in the arch(3) man page.
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/arch.3.html
Right, the arch(3) function would do for the OP. For my special case, I didn't use them when I wrote that function because I wanted to do further processing on the executable, not just check if the architecture was there.
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Rainer Brockerhoff <email@hidden>
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
"In the affairs of others even fools are wise
In their own business even sages err."
Weblog: http://www.brockerhoff.net/blog
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