AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

Name

system attribute

Synopsis

gestalt and environment variables

gestalt and environment variables

Returns the value of gestalt selectors (see http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Gestalt_Manager/index.html ).

Example

set n to system attribute "sysv"
set s to "print sprintf \"%lx\", " & n
set v to do shell script "perl -e " & quoted form of s
set L to characters of v
set v to "." & item -1 of L
set v to "." & item -2 of L & v
set v to ((items 1 thru -3 of L) as string) & v
display dialog "You are running system " & v & "!"

Also returns the value of user environment variables (see Chapter 25 for an example ). To find out what they are, issue the system attribute command with no parameters.

Example

system attribute "SHELL" -- "/bin/bash"