Re: [MacPerl] Identifying Applications

[kpreid@attglobal.net (Kevin Reid)]

> Currently I'm using the '-B' and '-X' file tests  to find files that are
> both Binary and Exec-able, but this also returns a lot of files which are
> non apps, making my next logical step to start filtering by checking the
> creator codes of the files thrown up to back track to their owner apps.
> 
> Is there a Mac specific way to do the same thing through toolbox calls?

$type = MacPerl::GetFileInfo($pathname);
($creator, $type) = MacPerl::GetFileInfo($pathname);

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