Re: Getting processor description from sysctl
Re: Getting processor description from sysctl
- Subject: Re: Getting processor description from sysctl
- From: "Finlay Dobbie" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:10:20 +0100
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Jordan K. Hubbard <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On May 15, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
>
>
> > Is the format of output from commandline utilities guaranteed across
> > software updates? I'm sure jkh has made statements to the effect that
> > they are not :o)
> >
>
> Unless a command-line utility is producing XML or some other format
> specifically designed and documented to be "machine readable", then the
> format is essentially whatever we say it is from release to release and
> there are no warrantees expressed or implied. Finlay is correct and Terry
> was over-simplifying things just a bit in that regard.
Ah, but the structure and keys of the output are not documented, and
AFAIK have changed somewhat over the ages.
-- Finlay
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