Script to Sort Images with/without Clipping Paths?

I've searched for a while and can't find a script that will sort a folder of images into two new folders that contain images with and without clipping paths. Anyone have or know of a script that will do this for me? I'd would greatly appreciate it. W7, PS CS5 32 and 64 bit.
Thanks in advance!
Andy

Hi Andy, Mike has a function to check for clipping groups but requires the file to be open...
// Function: clippingPathIndex
// Description: Gets the index of the activeDocument's clipping path
// Usage: clippingPathIndex()
// Input: None
// Return: Index as Integer. -1 if there is no clipping path
function clippingPathIndex(){
     var ref = new ActionReference();
          ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
     var desc = executeActionGet( ref );
     var clippingPath = desc.getObjectValue(charIDToTypeID("Clpg"));
     return clippingPath.getInteger(charIDToTypeID("ClpI" ));
I think it should be possible to check the files without opening them using Bridge, looking at the Photoshop File Format it says....
If the file contains a resource of type 8BIM with an ID of 2999, then this resource contains a Pascal-style string containing the
name of the clipping path to use with this image when saving it as an EPS file. 4 byte fixed value for flatness and 2 byte fill rule.
0 = same fill rule, 1 = even odd fill rule, 2 = non zero winding fill rule. The fill rule is ignored by Photoshop.
I will see if I have time today to put something together for you.

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