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Re: OS X applications filetype
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Re: OS X applications filetype


  • Subject: Re: OS X applications filetype
  • From: Jean-Daniel Dupas <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 00:18:46 +0100

In fatc, you need test if the HFSType of the File is APPL. You can find Api
in NSFileManager to do surch things. I think NSWorkSpace is not the most
apropriate to do this.

Le 27/02/03 20:33, + email@hidden ;
<email@hidden> a icrit :

> Hi Guys,
>
> I found one problem with the "getInfoForFile" function.
>
> I search for some OS X applications in the entire hard disk and there are some
> of them without the .app extension (i.e. Acrobat reader, virtual pc,
> photoshop),
> so the function doesn't recognize these kind of apps.
>
> Any idea to recognize applications without the .app extension? When I say
> without .app extension I mean without extension, not that the extension is
> hidden.
>
> In fact, I dont know why exist OS X applications without the .app extension,
> if
> you remove the extension from any of the normal apps, it becomes a simple
> folder.
>
>
> [workSpace getInfoForFile: pname application: nil type:&type];
> if ( [type isEqualToString: NSApplicationFileType] )
> NSLog (@"os x application");
>
> Thanks,
> Tackel.
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