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knorv
Asked: 2009-09-07 06:32:50 +0800 CST

Programatically obtaining operating system version data in Mac OS X

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In Red Hat the file /etc/redhat-release contains the operating system version data (such as "Red Hat release X.X (Final)").

Is there any similar mechanism in Mac OS X that can be used programatically to get the operating system version data (such as "Mac OS X 10.5.8")?

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  1. Best Answer

    In case you are looking for more details to the kernel, you can also query the sysctl interface which provides the kernel ostype, version and other details.

    • To get the ostype : sysctl kern.ostype
    • To get the osversion : sysctl kern.osversion
    • To get the version : sysctl kern.version
    • To get the osrevision : sysctl kern.osrevision

    More details here : http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/sysctl.8.html

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  2. Found the answer:

    /usr/bin/sw_vers
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