At 14.30 +0000 2000.02.03, Bart Lateur wrote: >Simply check the file type. If it is "APPL", then you have an >application! True, but there are other application signatures, depending on your definition of "application". I think faceless background apps are "appe" or something, for instance. There may be others. Checking for APPL is what most people will usually want, though, but perhaps not. -- Chris Nandor mailto:pudge@pobox.com http://pudge.net/ %PGPKey = ('B76E72AD', [1024, '0824090B CE73CA10 1FF77F13 8180B6B6']) # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org