obtaining application paths

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Sims,

If you know the creator type of the application, you can use the  
AppleScript syntax:

set thePath to application file id "RSED" as text

An example, which I used in the days of HyperCard, can be found at <http://runrev.info/ResEdits%20location%20AS.htm 
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On 31 mrt 2009, at 10:49, Jim Sims 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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