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Re: Cannot set package folder bit?
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Re: Cannot set package folder bit?


  • Subject: Re: Cannot set package folder bit?
  • From: julifos <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:34:24 +0200

> Doing an info on a folder yields a bunch of information, including whether
> "package folder" is true or false. I can seem to change many of the info
> settings, but not the package folder setting. Is there a way to do this?
>
> We use Perforce as our source control system, and checking out an installer
> application (which is really a package) results in it being a directory. I was
> wondering if I could use AppleScript to turn on its Finder flags' hasBundle
> bit. Thank you!
>
> Sincerely,

In my system, simply renaming a folder to folder.app "make" it a package and
also changes the package bit.

If you installed Developer Tools, just type "man SetFile" in a Terminal
window. Syntax should be anything such as:

/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a B ~/some/dir

jj
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