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