[UniMacTech] computer info fields in ARD

[David]

thanks, will give this a go

David

On 21/01/2008, at 4:12 PM, Terry Brady wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> On 21/01/2008, at 2:59 PM, David Doukidis wrote:
>> Does anyone know a way of reading the Computer Info #1 to #4 fields  
>> that are set in ARD from the command line?
>
>
> The information is stored in /Library/Preferences/ 
> com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist in keys "Text1" through "Text4". You  
> can access the fields using the 'defaults' tool, among others. For  
> example:
>
> for LOOP in 1 2 3 4; do echo -n "Info $LOOP: "; defaults read / 
> Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop Text$LOOP; done
>
> Cheers,
> TB
>
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