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Re: Correct way to tell if a path is to a .bundle?
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Re: Correct way to tell if a path is to a .bundle?


  • Subject: Re: Correct way to tell if a path is to a .bundle?
  • From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:41:11 -0700


On Sep 25, 2009, at 17:15:45, Peter Ammon wrote:


On Sep 24, 2009, at 8:09 PM, Jens Alfke wrote:


On Sep 24, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Rick Mann wrote:

I'm scanning a directory for plugins for my app. Given a path, what's the right way to tell if it's a path to a bundle?

-[NSWorkspace isFilePackageAtPath:].


Actually, bundles are often packages, and vice versa, but you can be either without the other.

A file package is a directory that is presented as a single file to the user, while a bundle is a directory with a particular layout. For example, frameworks are bundles, but not packages. If you navigate to a .framework file in Finder, you will see that it looks like a folder. Likewise, you can take any directory and set the package bit, and it becomes a package.

The usual way is to just try loading the URL as a bundle, and see if you succeed. You could also define a particular extension for your plugin type, and look for files of that extension, with the assistance of CFBundleCreateBundlesFromDirectory.

Unfortunately, I don't think CFBundleCreateBundlesFromDirectory() will work for me. It creates CFBundleRefs, not NSBundles, and it loads them, which I want to avoid if possible.


I think I just have to check the filenames' extensions as I iterate them.

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