Robert,

How can one do this knowing the FSRef of the file in question?

thanks
Steve

On Oct 28, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Robert Purves wrote:

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> Steve wrote:
> 
>> In the example code CFArray of Dicts Proj it writes CFArrayOfCFDicts FILE to a folder CFArrayOfCFDicts FOLDER on the Desktop 
>> double-clicking this file opens up Property List Editor [ if installed ] and you can inspect the contents of the file
>> If the file CFArrayOfCFDicts FILE  becomes corrupted or is the wrong file type, the example code will crash.
>> How should I preflight the file type before opening it and possibly causing the crash?
> 
> The plutil command checks for syntax errors in a property list.
> 
> $ plutil /Users/rdp/Desktop/CFArrayOfCFDicts\ FOLDER/CFArrayOfCFDicts\ FILE 
> /Users/rdp/Desktop/CFArrayOfCFDicts FOLDER/CFArrayOfCFDicts FILE: OK
> 
> $ plutil /Users/rdp/Desktop/nonsense 
> /Users/rdp/Desktop/nonsense: Unexpected character i at line 1
> 
> Robert P.
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