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Installation destination path from a script

Subject: Installation destination path from a script
From: Mark Krenek <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 15:04:20 -0500

My simple question is: is there a way from a postflight script to know where the installer has located the existing software it will update?

My package uses a LaunchServicesLookup rule to locate our existing game application. That works great. But I'd like to know this location from within a script. I've not found any script variable that gives me this info. $2 is supposedly the path to the installation destination, but that always returns "/". None of the other variables (such as INSTALLER_TEMP, PACKAGE_PATH, RECEIPT_PATH, and TMPDIR) get me close either.

What I'm trying to do: I need to delete and/or move files associated with the game I am updating. Our installation consists of an enclosing folder that contains the game app & several data files. Some of these data files need to be deleted and/or moved. The game was originally installed via drag-install. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: This email sent to email@hidden Follow-Ups: Re: Installation destination path from a script From: Christopher Ryan <email@hidden> Prev by Date: PackageMaker metapackage include command-line option issue Next by Date: Re: PackageMaker metapackage include command-line option issue Previous by thread: RE: PackageMaker metapackage include command-line option issue Next by thread: Re: Installation destination path from a script Index(es): Date Thread