@Ilian Gachevski Thanks for that.

However, although the first form gives me no errors (that's better than I've been able to do on my own!), but it also gives no output.

In[6]:= PacletManager`PacletResource["PackletName", "FilePaths"]
(* No output here*)

In[7]:= FileExistsQ[PacletManager`PacletResource["PacletName", "FilePaths"]]

Out[7]= False

The second option doesn't do any better. I can correctly create the PacletObject, and get its information, but getting "AssetLocation" just repeats the command, like it is an unknown command.

In[7]:= PObj["AssetLocation", "FilePaths"]

Out[7]= PObj["AssetLocation", "FilePaths"]

Is this documented somewhere, or have I stepped into the outer limits? I can't find any documentation on PacletManager or it's functions.

I did manage to get this to work:

In[94]:= hString = Quiet@Import["PacletName\\Resources\\Filepaths.txt"]

Out[94]= "Contents of Filespatths.txt"

As long as

hString != $Failed

I think this will work. Would be nice to know why that paclet resource isn't working, though.

Thanks!

@Ilian Gachevski

Got it. I was trying everything you said and it still wasn't working. Mathematica simply couldn't find my resource.

Turns out that Workbench (the latest version available to us mere mortals) is not keeping up with the current Mathematica paclet technology and wasn't properly installing the paclet (or registering the resources?).

I created a paclet archive and then did an "official" PacletInstall. Now both methods you gave me work perfectly.

Thank you!

I just wrote a function that will look for changes in paclets. It is very basic. The first time through, it makes a'reference' file of paclets on the system. Each subsequent time, it will look to see if there are any changes.

Eventually, I will have the function make a log, but for right now, I use BBEdit (on a mac -- similar apps on Windows or Linux) to do a diff.

Interestingly, the paclets on my MacBook Pro 16 are different from those on my new M1 MacBook Air. The installers for Mathematica were downloaded at different times, though. Since Mathematica on the MacBook Air is running using Rosetta, I thought that the paclets should be the same.

Attachments:

PacletChangeChecker.nb