site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=WDEM0HiMX6lVe14M6Tkv6chifVwUkDaepUTuc4LWmAg=; b=As5HfN0JzgmjRKuFQgwdTjvcC4pzed3uP+jXd6sFt32G+YY1gfej54ekmBv6sXRoiDbopmFWJ+Zseo8GkNTYFdHc+R77wo3aR2UdJFMMwHFrYUTPaXYPqGPQSwAQ/SN8ePKY468aZ4ckzeBlpFxmssdjx+iVh+UCs9ieuu2Y0q0= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=aXQ4DJYvx7w+eWdvbTdQBGQIF7Krybrqj/qAvqBG3MaGADOS50j40vL9In3YsVn/Mjadp4aq/hWK42zCwH7h4TFqTl+KYfNzeJgSGFffAATJuC43yI0v64RUwSEDskZb7DKGQXf/8kkNsnXXQmRg4Bp00Ytj8/PedlmpChU/+kA= On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@apple.com> wrote:

On May 15, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:

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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 _______________________________________________ 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... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com