Detecting Flash Player version from outside browser

Hi there,
I was wondering if it is possible to detect the version of
the Flash Player on a Mac, but from outside of the browser. Our
product needs to know what Flash version is present as installation
time, so I need to detect it via shell / perl script.
Does anybody know if this is possible, and what might be the
most efficient approach?
King Regards
davewg

Hi, just for reference, using a shell script to retrieve the
CFBundleShortVersionString key from plugins plist seems like a good
way to go. Plugin is in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins.

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