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Re: How to distinguish if a file is a Document or an Application

Subject: Re: How to distinguish if a file is a Document or an Application
From: Quentin Mathé <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 01:20:39 +0100

Le mercredi, 19 mars 2003, ` 22:27 Europe/Paris, David Remahl a icrit :

A set of tests that I can think of to determine wether a particular "file" (meaning bundle or file) is an Application from the viewpoint of the Finder are these: (if any of the following is true, then the file is an Application).

- Has an HFS file type of 'APPL'
- Has a file extension of .app, and has a bundle structure

It's better to test "has the bundle bit set" than "has a bundle structure". The bundle bit is a file metadata inherited from Mac OS Classic.

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Quentin Mathi
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