Zipping an application package by script

[Stephen Barncard]

I don't really care if the DS_Store files are in there or not ( I 
care not about Windoze )  - that was just an issue that stopped the 
shell call. But that does that mean there are several versions of Zip 
on the machine?

1. zip for rev
2. zip for the shell
3. whatever Automator uses (perhaps shell, above)
4. The finder "Compress" menu item...  (which results is what I want) 
-- It has no problems....

Is there a 'domenu' applescript ?


so near so far...


>
>Excited by the prospect of being able to create Zip archives without 
>the dot files, I just tested it.  No go:  with the action's "Ignore 
>unreadable files"option on or off (what exactly is an "unreadable 
>files?"; the notes for that action do not explain) it still copies 
>the .DS_Store files. :(
>
>Apple employs smart people.  I'm sure one of them was smart enough 
>to recognize that if they're somehow stuck with a file system 
>requiring such kludges for simple metadata then surely there's a 
>preference to govern it for copying and archiving.  Now if only we 
>could find it....
>
>--
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Managing Editor, revJournal

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stephen barncard
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