12-17-2008
Comparing Version Numbers
Hi There!
Apologies if this has been asked previously but I couldn't find the answer I was hoping for.
Basically, all I want to do is compare the OS X version against the version that I require in my script. So I'm retrieving the OS version using defaults read, but how can I compare this against another version number to see which is the greatest / newest?
Many thanks in advance...
davewg
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