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Flash Player Update Script for Mac OS X
This is a script that updates Adobe Flash Player on Mac OS X.
It is based on the one provided at https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=7658.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>de.kuron-germany.flash-update</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/flash_check.sh</string>
</array>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/Library/Logs/FlashUpdate.log</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/Library/Logs/FlashUpdate.log</string>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>86400</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
#!/bin/sh
# Script to download and install Flash Player.
# Only works on Intel systems.
#
dmgfile="flash.dmg"
osxversion=`sw_vers | grep 'ProductVersion:' | grep -o '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*' | awk 'NR < 2'`
echo "Updating Flash player..."
echo "OSX Version: ${osxversion}"
# Get the latest version of Flash Player available from Adobe's About Flash page.
latestver=`/usr/bin/curl -s http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ | sed -n '/Safari/,/<\/tr/s/[^>]*>\([0-9].*\)<.*/\1/p'`
# Get the version number of the currently-installed Flash Player, if any.
if [ -e "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin" ]; then
currentinstalledver=`/usr/bin/defaults read /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/Flash\ Player.plugin/Contents/version CFBundleShortVersionString`
else
currentinstalledver="none"
fi
# Compare the two versions, if they are different or Flash is not present then download and install the new version.
if [ "${currentinstalledver}" != "${latestver}" ]; then
echo "Current Flash version: ${currentinstalledver}"
echo "Available Flash version: ${latestver}"
echo "Downloading newer version."
url="https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/$latestver/install_flash_player_osx.dmg"
echo "URL: $url"
/usr/bin/curl -s -o `/usr/bin/dirname $0`/flash.dmg $url
echo "Mounting installer disk image."
mountpoint="$(dirname $0)/FlashInstall"
/usr/bin/hdiutil attach `dirname $0`/flash.dmg -nobrowse -quiet -mountpoint $mountpoint
echo "Installing..."
installer -pkg $mountpoint/Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player.app/Contents/Resources/Adobe\ Flash\ Player.pkg -target /
echo "Unmounting installer disk image."
/usr/bin/hdiutil detach $mountpoint -quiet
echo "Deleting disk image."
/bin/rm `/usr/bin/dirname $0`/${dmgfile}
newlyinstalledver=`/usr/bin/defaults read /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/Flash\ Player.plugin/Contents/version CFBundleShortVersionString`
if [ "${latestver}" == "${newlyinstalledver}" ]; then
echo "SUCCESS: Flash has been updated to version ${newlyinstalledver}"
else
echo "ERROR: Flash update unsuccessful, version remains at ${currentinstalledver}."
fi
# If Flash is up to date already, just log it and exit.
else
echo "Flash is already up to date, running ${currentinstalledver}."
fi
#!/bin/bash
cd $(dirname $0)
cp /Library/LaunchDaemons/de.kuron-germany.flash-update.plist .
cp /usr/local/bin/flash_check.sh .
install:
cp de.kuron-germany.flash-update.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
cp flash_check.sh /usr/local/bin/
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/de.kuron-germany.flash-update.plist
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