what makes a folder an application?
what makes a folder an application?
- Subject: what makes a folder an application?
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 16:20:23 -0700
When I use NSWorkspace to copy an application from one folder to another,
if the application's name doesn't end in .app, sometimes its
application-hood is lost - the copy comes out as an ordinary folder.
Clearly some piece of metadata is being lost here. That doesn't surprise
me, since creation and modifcation dates are sometimes lost too. But in
those cases, I know what pieces of metadata are being lost - it's the
creation and modification dates. My question is, what piece of metadata is
being lost in *this* case? What piece of metadata makes a folder an
application, and how do I access it? Thx - m.
PS It can't be its package-hood, which is what I originally thought it was,
since I can change use XRay to set the resulting folder's package-hood and
yet it remains a folder.
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