obtaining application paths

[BNig]

not very nice but works for mail.

tell application "Finder"
	set x to path to applications folder
	set y to every application file in x whose name contains "mail"
	if number of items of y = 1 then
		-- just variations of the format	
		set z to y as alias
		set z1 to z as text
		set z2 to POSIX path of z
	else
		-- tell me to scratch my head	
	end if
end tell

if you want to do it for apps that are in subfolders of the application
folder like iWork etc. you have to adapt it further. If you dont know where
to look for an app this script is out of luck.
regards
Bernd


On 31/03/09 7:49 PM, "Jim Sims" <sims at ezpzapps.com> wrote:

> On OS X the applescript:
> 
> tell application "System Events" to (get path to application "Mail")
> 
> will get the path to an application (in this case "Mail.app").
> However, it seems to need to open that app before it can get the path.
> 
> Is there an applescript or shell script that will tell me the path to
> an application without opening it first?
> 
> I do understand that on can use answer file - but I'd like an
> alternative.
> 
> sims
> 
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