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Re: Can tools ever be bundles?
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Re: Can tools ever be bundles?


  • Subject: Re: Can tools ever be bundles?
  • From: Andrew Keller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:25:06 -0400

On Mar 18, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Daryle Walker <email@hidden> wrote:

I’m trying out making a Foundation command-line tool. I added a bundle identifier string when creating the project, but I don’t see it anywhere, as if there’s no Info.plist. Are (Foundation) tools created by Xcode flat files, like traditional Unix tools? Or are they bundles? If flat files, can they be made into bundles with some project tweaks?

A “tool”, as Xcode calls it, is a traditional single-file executable.

Depending on what data you need in your bundle, you can stuff it inside the executable.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/Procedures/Procedures.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40005929-CH4-SW6

If you need the power of a typical bundle, then you can modify the project to assemble a real bundle.  That comes with the price of being awkward to install in the OS like most tools.  If your tool has an owning application, I suggest putting the tool inside the owning application bundle.

HTH
 - Andrew Keller

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