Yeah, I'm actually trying to expand Spotlight queries into a different format so I can execute them on a SQLite database, and the process doing this is a root-level daemon, which means I can't use NSMetadataQuery, because it returns different results when run as root versus when run as a user.
The lsregister -dump option is intriguing, and as a worst-case scenario, I could execute that via NSTask and parse out the results (though this would definitely be a last resort). Thanks, Dave On Jul 26, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Ken Thomases wrote: > On Jul 26, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Dave DeLong wrote: > >> I have the string "com.apple.iwork.*", and I need to expand that into any >> UTIs that match the string. In this case, it'd be: >> >> ( >> "com.apple.iwork.pages.pages", >> "com.apple.iwork.keynote.key", >> "com.apple.iwork.numbers.numbers" >> ) >> >> The root question I have is: How can I retrieve a list of all known UTIs? > > I don't have a direct answer for you. It may not be possible. > > Depending on what you're trying to do, you may be able to actually use the > wildcard version. For example, the shell command: > > mdfind 'kMDItemContentType == "com.apple.iwork.*"' > > works, as should the comparable NSMetadataQuery-based code. > > There's also this: > > /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister > -dump > > which includes the info you're looking for. > > Cheers, > Ken >
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