copy large files in Rev on Mac

[Mark Smith]

On the other hand, a package is really a folder, it's just treated by  
the finder as a single thing for the convenience of the user. Maybe  
not so convenient for the developer copying stuff around, but then  
it's no bad thing, IMO, that users' convenience takes priority over  
developers'.

Perhaps it would be useful if Rev added a third category to files and  
folders - packages, though a function that filtered 'the folders'  
based on the presence of the file "/Contents/info.plist" might work  
well enough.

function thePackages
   put the folders into foList
   repeat for each line L in foList
     if there is a file (L & "/Contents/info.plist") then put L & cr  
after packageList
   end repeat
   return char 1 to -2 of packageList
end thePackages

Best,

Mark

On 6 Dec 2007, at 19:12, Chipp Walters wrote:

> Trevor,
>
> Windows has the following function in their api:
>
> CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE)
>  [CORE] The Win32::CopyFile() function copies an existing file to a
> new file. All file information like creation time and file attributes
> will be copied to the new file.
>
> This sort of function has been present in api's (including system 9
> Macs) since I've been programming. I just don't understand why it's
> Rev's fault that Apple's current OS doesn't support something as basic
> as "copyfile" for ALL their files?
>
> At the least, it appears a good candidate for a third party library
> from someone here.
>
> best,
> Chipp
>
> On Dec 6, 2007 9:28 AM, Trevor DeVore <lists at mangomultimedia.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't blame the OS X programmers because Revolution doesn't have
>> support for bundles . Just because this isn't straightforward in
>> Revolution doesn't mean it the file system is at fault. The original
>> Revolution syntax just wasn't built with bundles in mind
>> (understandably).
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