Re: NSFileManager - isExecutableFileAtPath - seems to lie
Re: NSFileManager - isExecutableFileAtPath - seems to lie
- Subject: Re: NSFileManager - isExecutableFileAtPath - seems to lie
- From: Diggory Laycock <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:55:14 +0100
Ah - wise man:
-rw-r--r-- 1 diggory admin 2617736 Jul 1 15:10 SIM express
also - I retract my assertion that .webloc files are seen as
executable - -that was a temporary bug in my code.
However, *any* directory seems to be seen as executable.
On Friday, July 5, 2002, at 03:29 pm, Chris Ridd wrote:
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Diggory Laycock <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I was wondering if anyone else has noticed the somewhat unreliability
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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.
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What are the Unix permission bits on the files that are "executable"?
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You'll probably need to check using the Terminal, not the Finder. I bet
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NSFileManager's just looking at the execute bit on files...
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Cheers,
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Chris
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