How to generate a runnable Mac standalone from Windows

[Richard Gaskin]

How do you run chmod from Windows?

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Josh Mellicker wrote:

> Does this work?
>
> get "chmod u+x" && tPathToYourFile
> get shell(it)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Josh
>
> On Mar 17, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Richard Gaskin
> <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm writing an installer and would like to give our customers the
>> option of installing both Mac and Win versions on a portable drive,
>> such as a USB flash drive.
>>
>> I can store the app bundle parts in custom props and spit them back
>> out as needed, no prob.  The issue is that the Mac executable within
>> the bundle needs to have its Unix permissions set to executable,
>> something that AFAIK can't be done from within Windows.
>>
>> As a workaround based on an earlier related discussion here, I'm
>> considering storing a zipped copy of the Mac app bundle, and
>> spitting that zip file out with an instruction for the user to unzip
>> it on OS X before running it there.
>>
>> But that's a lot of hassle for them and many users will just get
>> confused.
>>
>> It'd be much nicer to be able to spit out a working Mac app bundle -
>> but how can I do that from Windows?
>>
>> --
>> Richard Gaskin
>> Fourth World Media Corporation
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