Jim - are you sure there aren't any bits in that file that look like this...
<key>apps</key> <array> <string>/Applications/BBEdit Lite 6.1/BBEdit Lite 6.1 </string> <string>/Applications/Internet Explorer.app</string> <string>/Applications/Safari.app</string> <string>/Applications/Netscape.app</string> <string>/Applications/TextEdit.app</string> <string>/Applications/Revolution 2.5.1/Revolution.app</string> <string>/Applications/Mail.app</string> <string>/Applications/DragThing 4.6.1/DragThing.app</string> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/PVC/Builds/PVC 0.9.5/MacOSX/PVC.app</string> <string>/Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Microsoft Word</string> </array> Or this... <key>docs</key> <array> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/ATS/ATS inter presentation/s1w1-4/log_lab1a2.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au.xml</string> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/ATS/ATS inter presentation/s1w1-4/log_lab1a1.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au.xml</string> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/ATS/ATS inter presentation/temp.xml</string> <string>/Users/tezza/Library/Preferences/Explorer/History.html</string> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/ATS/ATS inter presentation/temp.xml</string> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/ATS/ATS inter presentation/temp.txt</string> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/ATS/ATS inter presentation/temp.html</string> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/ATS/ATS_inter (TAG)/TAG+.rev</string> <string>/Users/tezza/Library/Mozilla/Profiles/Terry Judd/ouuygrt4.slt/cookies.txt</string> <string>/Volumes/Projects/Current/ATS/ATS inter presentation/ATS_inter.rev</string> </array> ...because they¹re pretty easy to parse. Having said that, these snippets are out of an old recent items file I had lying about. I couldn¹t locate one from my current (10.5) system. Terry... On 23/04/09 3:32 PM, "jim sims" <s...@ezpzapps.com> wrote: > OS X has the following file that holds information about recent items > (applications and files) com.apple.recentitem.plist > > An example taken from that .plist file is the following. It refers to > an image, and what I guess is the path to the icon to that file and > the pathway to the file itself. At least I hope that is what they are. > > If my guess above is correct, can anyone tell me how to convert them > into text I can use? If they are paths, into a useable path to the file? > > Name: > sample_1.jpg > > Alias: > <00000000 00c60003 00000000 c42cec16 0000482b 00000000 024cc048 > 024cc094 0000c614 517a0000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff > ffff0001 0010024c c0480002 ed9e0002 ed930000 60b7000e 001a000c > 00730061 006d0070 006c0065 005f0031 002e006a 00700067 000f000a > 0004006d 00610069 006e0012 00385573 6572732f 6a696d73 696d732f > 4465736b 746f702f 64617368 626f6172 64735f52 6f737369 20636f70 > 792f7361 6d706c65 5f312e6a 70670013 00012f00 00150002 000effff 0000> > > Icon: > <496d6752 000000d4 00000000 4642494c 000000c8 00000002 00000000 > 00000000 00b80003 00000000 c42cec16 0000482b 00000000 00005227 > 0007fb39 0000c323 8da20000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff > ffff0001 00100000 52270000 52220000 52210000 0768000e 00140009 > 006a0070 00650067 002e0069 0063006e 0073000f 000a0004 006d0061 > 0069006e 00120035 4170706c 69636174 696f6e73 2f507265 76696577 > 2e617070 2f436f6e 74656e74 732f5265 736f7572 6365732f 6a706567 > 2e69636e 73000013 00012f00 ffff0000> > > > sims > > s...@ezpzapps.com > Skype: sims.jim > iChat: techietours > ______________________ > Opportunity by Design > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution