system_profiler.rs

extern crate plist;

use std::process::Command;
use std::io::{Read,Seek,SeekFrom,Cursor};
use plist::StreamingParser;

fn main() {
    println!("Profiling system.");

    let profiler = Command::new("system_profiler")
                           .arg("-xml")
                           .arg("-detailLevel")
                           .arg("basic")
                           .output()
                           .unwrap_or_else(|e| { panic!("Failed to spawn system profiler: {}", e) });

    let xml = String::from_utf8_lossy(&profiler.stdout).into_owned();

    println!("Parsing XML.");

    let mut stdout = Cursor::new(xml.into_bytes());

    let parser = StreamingParser::new(stdout);

    println!("Parser created.");

    for event in parser {
        println!("{:?}", event);
    }
}