Re: Find All (Scriptable) Applications
Re: Find All (Scriptable) Applications
- Subject: Re: Find All (Scriptable) Applications
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 17:15:28 -0700
On 7/4/01 5:08 AM, "Rob Jorgensen" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Howdy :-)
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I'm looking for a script/routine which will "quickly" locate all
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currently installed applications on the script's host computer. I
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ultimately want to narrow the list down to scriptable applications,
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but this shouldn't be too difficult once the applications are found.
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In trying to avoid a recursive routine which looks at every file, I
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had considered an attempt to parse the desktop files, but, after
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making copies of and viewing these files, I doubt that this is
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feasible. Does Mac OS maintain a registry of installed applications?
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If so, is it easily accessed and/or parsed?
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Why not ask Apple System Profiler? I recall there was a time when it was
quite limited in what it would report, but maybe it can do Applications now.
You might have to specify OS version if only recent versions can do it.
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Paul Berkowitz