How to find which applications for this file?

[Björnke von Gierke]

I wanted to do the same on Mac OS X,  it seems the only api for such a 
thing is the Carbon one: "Launch services"
I made a command line standalone that facilitates it with filepaths. I 
can send it to you if you want it (no source code).

the usage is:
<path to app> -default <path to file>
gives back the standard application
<path to app> -all <path to file>
gives back all the apps that claim to open up the file.

to use it from rev you'd do this:
shell("test -all /Users/Test/Desktop/test.rev")

On Aug 18 2006, at 18:14, Joel Guillod wrote:

> From a file path or a file extension or a MIME type, how can we get a 
> list of the applications which can open the corresponding file?
>
> The "launch document <filepath>" can open the corresponding 
> application like a double-click in the Finder/Windows Explorer. But 
> has anyone some tricks to get a list of compatible application for a 
> file or MIME: Applescript (on MacOSX) or shell commands (MacOSX, 
> Windows, Linux)?
>
> Thanks for each appropriate reply!
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