How can I keep 'lsregister' away from partitions?

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dickguertin Author

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How can I keep 'lsregister' away from partitions?

I've used 'lsregister' to -kill an old output, and then build a new one, like this:

myapp=$(find /System/Library/Frameworks -name lsregister)

$myapp -kill

$myapp -dump "/Volumes/Mac.HD" >$HOME/lsreg.txt

$myapp -dump "/Applications" >>$HOME/lsreg.txt

But the output contains entries for my /Volumes/Alternate.HD, which I don't want, and didn't ask to get. Is there some option that will suppress going down the /Volumes-tree? It also picks up any externally mounted volumes.

Posted on Oct 29, 2017 8:25 PM

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dickguertin Author

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Oct 30, 2017 9:10 AM in response to PN2

I found the following works for me!

#!/bin/bash

myapp=$(find /System/Library/Frameworks -name lsregister)

if [ -z "$myapp" ]; then

echo "isregister not found."

else

bootdisk=$(ls -l /Volumes | grep '> ' | sed 's, -> /,,' | awk '{$1=$2=$3=$4=$5=$6=$7=$8="";print $0}' | xargs)

$myapp -kill

$myapp -seed "/Volumes/$bootdisk"

$myapp -dump >$HOME/lsreg.txt

echo "Created $HOME/lsreg.txt from $bootdisk"

fi

exit 0

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PN2

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Oct 30, 2017 9:05 AM in response to dickguertin

>> ...Is there some option that will suppress going down the /Volumes-tree?...

Only by excluding from spotlight, so far as I know.

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dickguertin Author

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Oct 30, 2017 11:19 AM in response to rccharles

'find' isn't the problem, it worked perfectly. It's the 'lsregister' command itself, given by $myapp, that was scanning my partitioned hard-drive, AND any attached external drives. That was the 'problem'. For info on 'lsregister', try 'man lsregister'.

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