Re: Setting the bundle package bit
Re: Setting the bundle package bit
- Subject: Re: Setting the bundle package bit
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:47:06 -0700
On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 03:51 PM, Joel May wrote:
I've found that there is redundancy as to whether a folder is an app
bundle. If it has the ".app" extension or the package bit, it is
treated like an app bundle. My problem is that I want to sometimes
treat the bundle as a folder hierarchy and sometimes as an app. I need
to be able to toggle this within an AppleScript.
I'm having problems coping files into this folder via a script when the
package bit is set. If I leave the bit on, the script fails. If I
manually turn it off, the script works. But I want the script to turn
it off and back on.
Yes. However if you are on OS X then you can use shell commands to move
stuff into an application package because (fortunately) the traditional
ones don't know the difference between a bundle and a folder. So maybe
setting the package bit is unnecessary. Also you can change the name
from "path/to/folder" to "path/to/folder.app" with 'mv'.
If you are on OS 9, then you can handle this in a Tcl script. I believe
the stock installation of the Tcl/Tk shared libraries on OS 9 have
additions to the 'file' command which can do this. If not then you can
do it for sure in a script addressed to the application Alpha (which
comes with an impressive set of extensions by Bernard Desgaupes to deal
with things Macintosh). Otherwise you'll prolly have to go the MPW
shell route.
Cheers,
Philip
I looked at the properties record for a folder. There is a ton of
stuff in it -- dates, creator/file type 4-byte thingies, etc. But
there
is nothing about the package bit.
Philip Aker
http://www.aker.ca
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