Re: Read Write pList Files
Re: Read Write pList Files
- Subject: Re: Read Write pList Files
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:27:26 -0400
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> wrote:
> An older version of Property List Editor allowed you to see the file in xml format. I found this format more confusing than helpful, so I have always ignored xml. I've never used 'plutil' and I wonder if using it to convert a file to 'xml1' format would interfere with the ability to read/write its contents as an AppleScript record. (?)
Not at all. Everything that manipulates plist files can transparently
handle both formats, and preserves on write whatever format the had on
read (except for explicit requests to convert like plutil(1)).
The XML format is full of extraneous bits, but the point is that you
can look at the plist file with an ordinary text editor or cat(1) or
more(1) and see the actual data instead of binary noise. Presumably
this is of value to the OP since he started out using a text file
instead of a plist file.
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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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