7. Locating applications
The findapp
module
The findapp module is used to obtain the full path to an application given its file name or bundle ID. It exports the following functions:
byname(name) -- Find the application with the given name.
name : str -- application's name, e.g. 'Finder.app'. The '.app' suffix
is optional. Absolute paths are also accepted.
Result : str -- full path to application
byid(id) -- Find the application with the given bundle id.
id : str -- bundle id, e.g. 'com.apple.textedit'
Result : str -- full path to application