site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Jun 29, 2007, at 1:33 AM, Steve Checkoway wrote: $ time system_profiler > /dev/null real 0m4.025s user 0m0.753s sys 0m0.639s You can ask it for less (to a degree, at any rate). = Mike _______________________________________________ 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... Oh yes, that would be far more than I'd ever want to know and possibly more than they'd care to send me. The model of the processor, the number of them, their speed, the version of the OS and the amount of RAM they have installed is about all I was really looking for. Plus, That's more time than I'd care to take on start up. I appreciate the suggestions though. I've been using Gestalt and figured I should maybe move to some newer interface. But I understand your concern about sniffing more than the customer would be comfortable telling you. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com