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mdls & .app?

  • Subject: mdls & .app?
  • From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:36:46 -0600
Hey Folks,

It seems that 'mdls' will not work with an application (or folder)

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# Does not work:
set theApp to "/Applications/TextEdit.app"
set cmd to "mdls " & theApp
do shell script cmd

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# Works:
set theApp to "/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit"
set cmd to "mdls " & theApp
do shell script cmd

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Is there a workaround for this?

The best thing I've found so far is 'stat', but the information difference is huge.

TIA

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Best Regards,
Chris _______________________________________________
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