Find All (Scriptable) Applications
Find All (Scriptable) Applications
- Subject: Find All (Scriptable) Applications
- From: Rob Jorgensen <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 08:08:25 -0400
Howdy :-)
I'm looking for a script/routine which will "quickly" locate all
currently installed applications on the script's host computer. I
ultimately want to narrow the list down to scriptable applications,
but this shouldn't be too difficult once the applications are found.
In trying to avoid a recursive routine which looks at every file, I
had considered an attempt to parse the desktop files, but, after
making copies of and viewing these files, I doubt that this is
feasible. Does Mac OS maintain a registry of installed applications?
If so, is it easily accessed and/or parsed?
Does anyone have suggestions on how to tackle this in a manner that
wouldn't dramatically bog down on some of today's high capacity hard
drives?
Thanks for any input you might offer.
Later,
Rob Jorgensen
Ohio, USA