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"kunal" <talktokunal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> how to find out, whether an application is installed on the MAC or
> not....??
>
> please help...
>
> thanks in advance...
>
> -- kunal
Depends on how exact and how general you want to be.
Most apps create files in specific directories, such as
preferences files in ~/Library/Preferences/, or
/Library/Application Sup****t, ~/Library/Application Sup****t,
etc..., so you could just look for any of those files, assuming
someone has run the app at least once.
You could use Spotlight on Tiger to search for the app, which
should be rather fast.
The UNIX locate facility, assuming it is recently updated, can
re****t on the existents of a file anywhere on the system.
You could look in the most likely places, and then assume that if
you don't find it in those places, it isn't worth finding.
Bob Harris
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