FileFormat for uploading/downloading OS X apps

[Frank Engel]

Another point is that OS X apps are *NOT* files -- they are "Bundles", 
which are actually folders disguised as files.  If you try to treat the 
app as a file you are likely to run into problems with transfers like 
this.  You need some kind of archive mechanism to be able to transfer 
the entire application as a folder, not as a file.  That is why 
something like Stuffit is needed.

Another idea is to place the app into a disk image (a .dmg file) using 
Apple's Disk Utility.

Assuming you have OS X.3:

Open Disk Utility (in Applications/Utilities) and click the "New Image" 
button in the toolbar.  Provide a location for the image, and specify 
the size you need (at least large enough to hold the application 
bundle), and encryption if desired, then make sure that read/write is 
specified as the disk image format.  Save the image file.  When the 
image has been created, Disk Utility will automatically mount the image 
as a disk, which you can simply copy the application to.  The disk 
image (.dmg file) is a simple file, which should be easy to transmit 
across the internet.  Double-clicking on the resulting file under an OS 
X system will then mount the image as a disk again, so that you can 
access the application inside.  You could alternatively create a 
read-only disk image, even a compressed one, if you take the time to 
figure out how.

Maybe someone else knows how to mount a disk image using a shell() call 
or something similar?


On Nov 3, 2004, at 1:30, Andre Garzia wrote:

>
> On Nov 3, 2004, at 1:45 AM, RGould8 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me the preferred method for uploading and downloading 
>> Mac OS
>> X apps from http servers via Revolution?
>
> Rob,
>
> I don't know what you're trying to do, but, one way is to use stuffit 
> to compress and libURL for the download/upload. StuffIt works great 
> and preserves the MacOS resource forks. Another way, is to use gzip 
> compression, you can script a stack to compress something using gzip 
> and to upload/download the file to the server...
>
> cheers
> andre
>
> -- 
> Andre Alves Garzia ð 2004 ð BRAZIL
> http://studio.soapdog.org
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