Re: [ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
Re: [ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
- Subject: Re: [ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
- From: "M. Uli Kusterer" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:34:04 +0100
At 18:06 Uhr -0600 28.03.2004, Charles Srstka wrote:
Too bad Apple does not make the LaunchServices API to list all apps
public! It is really the only convenient way to do this, and it's a
private method... :-(
I'll probably load that API call dynamically, and fall back on my
slow-as-molasses scanner if it isn't present.
On Mar 28, 2004, at 5:29 PM, Eugene Lee wrote:
On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 06:18:51PM -0500, Reed Hedges wrote:
:
: There's also the "locate" tool:
:
: locate *.app
:
: It searches an index that is updated periodically.
The locate database is updated weekly, which may be out of date if you
have recently added, deleted, or moved anything.
Locate just isn't reliable enough, IMHO. IIRC that was the one that
wasn't updated *at all* in older MacOS X versions.
--
Cheers,
M. Uli Kusterer
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