Re: What's all this stuff about "bundles"
Re: What's all this stuff about "bundles"
- Subject: Re: What's all this stuff about "bundles"
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:29:09 -0800
On 2007-12-19, at 08:56:42, Rob Lewis wrote:
Could someone point me to an explanation of these things? My
understanding is that a bundle is basically a folder that doesn't
get a folder icon, right?
At minimum, I think that's more likely to be considered to have the
'package' quality. Like an .rtfd.
Bundles can be packages, but some still look like folders (like
frameworks). They are more formalized in that they have a TOC (an
Info.plist) located somewhere in the sub-folder hierarchy describing
its characteristics. The system facilities for determining what is a
package amount to a few bit flags here and there (Finder.h,
LaunchServices.h) whereas the bundle facilities have many APIs
located in the CFBundle and NSBundle headers, and also in AppleScript
Studio scripting.
Philip Aker
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