folder or bundle

[stephen barncard]

thank you, Jacque and Richard...

sqb
-------------------------
Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev


2010/1/21 Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>

> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>
>  stephen barncard wrote:
>>
>>> Hi again everyone,
>>>
>>> How does one detect the 'bundle-ness' of an OSX folder in Rev (desktop)
>>> script?
>>>
>>> I need to filter out apps and other bundle files in a drag and drop
>>> operation.
>>>
>>
>> I believe all bundles contain a file named "PkgInfo" at the top level of
>> the bundle folder. You could check for that.
>>
>
> If memory serves I've removed the Pkg.info file from standalones and they
> continue to be see by the Finder as bundles.
>
> This ADC page describes the ways bundles are identified:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> How the System Identifies Bundles and Packages
>
> The Finder considers a directory to be a package if any of the following
> conditions are true:
>
>    * The directory has a known filename extension: .app,
>      .bundle, .framework, .plugin, .kext, and so on.
>
>    * The directory has an extension that some other application
>      claims represents a package type; see “Document Packages.”
>
>    * The directory has its package bit set.
>
>
> <
> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/AboutBundles/AboutBundles.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000123i-CH100-SW1
> >
>
>
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