obtaining application paths

[Jim Bufalini]

Hi Mark,

What is the best way, on a Mac, to get the path to the various files
included in a Rev distribution. So assuming there is Rev 2.8.1, 2.9, 3.0
etc. installed on a Mac, and without necessarily running the version of Rev,
how would you find say the revdb.so for a particular version of Rev?

For example, on a PC, you would just go down a directory tree. So for Rev
3.0, on PC this file would be found in ... \Revolution
Enterprise\3.0.0-gm-3\Runtime\Linux\x86-32\Externals\

Aloha from Hawaii,

Jim Bufalini

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Mark Schonewille
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:37 AM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: obtaining application paths
> 
> 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.
> >
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