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Re: NSFileManager - isExecutableFileAtPath - seems to lie
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Re: NSFileManager - isExecutableFileAtPath - seems to lie


  • Subject: Re: NSFileManager - isExecutableFileAtPath - seems to lie
  • From: Chris Ridd <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 15:29:49 +0100

Diggory Laycock <email@hidden> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone else has noticed the somewhat unreliability of
> NSFileManager's isExecutableFileAtPath: method.
>
> It seems to return YES for *any bundle* (including frameworks) and
> .webloc files.
>
> It returns NO to aliases to Applications and to at least one specific
> Carbon App (Sim Express (http://www.idexpress.fi/simexpress/))
>
>
> Does anyone have any idea of how to accurately identify a path as an
> application?
>
> Digs.

What are the Unix permission bits on the files that are "executable"?
You'll probably need to check using the Terminal, not the Finder. I bet
NSFileManager's just looking at the execute bit on files...

Cheers,

Chris
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