Packages (was: copy large files in Rev on Mac)

[Mark Smith]

A problem I've now found with the whatIsThis()/isPackage() idea is  
that though all the .bundle and .app folders I've looked at have a / 
Contents/info.plist file, a .rtfd (rich text with additions) does not.

In TextEdit, create a rich text document. Type in some text, then  
paste in an image. Save.
You'll now have a .rftd document. In the finder, control-click and  
select 'show package contents'. All I can see is two files : 'Pasted  
Graphic.tiff' and 'TXT.rtf'.

How would one identify this .rtfd document as a bundle/package? Of  
course there's the file extension, but I think simply storing a list  
of likely file extensions is going to fail sooner or later, as any  
app may create document bundles if the developers so wish.

I've had a pretty good search around, and I can't find any useful  
shell or applescript stuff, so it seems like the only reliable  
methods involve system-level api calls - which implies an external or  
an engine change...

And, as I think Chipp may have pointed out, bundles seem to show up  
in the 'answer file' dialog, but not in 'the files'. This is surely  
an inconsistency?

Best,

Mark

On 7 Dec 2007, at 12:21, Ian Wood wrote:

>
> On 7 Dec 2007, at 10:41, Chipp Walters wrote:
>
>> Kay and Ian,
>>
>> Perhaps you both, being such fans of the simplicity and elegance of
>> bundles, wouldn't mind starting a revLibrary which provides file
>> operations on files/folders/bundles and share it with us less
>> enlightened?
> [...]
>>
>> Here are some I'd like to see implemented, and might provide you a  
>> start...
>
> Sounds like a good idea to me, and the NewDelete functions would be  
> useful to anyone on *any* platform as a workaround versus the  
> dreaded 'kill the HD' bug.
>
>> get theNewFiles()
>> get theNewFolders()
>
> I think the starting point for these two would be something like:
>
> get theNewContent()
>
> which would return:
> filenameA	folder
> filenameB	bundle
> filenameC	file
> filenameD	file
> filenameE	bundle
> filenameF	folder
>
> Which itself could start from some kind of whatIsThis() function?
>
> theNewFiles() and theNewFolders() would then be a couple of lines.
>
>> NewCopyFile pStartPath,pDestinationPath
>>
>> which copies files and folders which are supposed to be
>> files...keeping their creator and type codes intact.
>>
>> (is this the same as a revCopyFile?)
>
> Yes, that's what revCopyFile will do currently.
>
>> Maybe others can think of more?
>>
>> -Chipp
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