site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com 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) -- Terry _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... On May 15, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Terry Lambert <tlambert@apple.com> wrote: [snip about parsing output of system_profiler] It's just not that hard to do this sort of thing without resorting to interfaces that might break each time there's a software update. Now the original poster has two examples. Am I ever going to guarantee you an API that won't ever break? No. No one can; there is no one person who makes all the engineering decisions at Apple. All I can do is point you in a direction of less risk of you needing to do additional code maintenance in the future. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com