How to generate a runnable Mac standalone from Windows

[Richard Gaskin]

Josh Mellicker wrote:
> I didn't check to see if DOS had a chmod command, if it doesn't, the
> code I posted won't work.

I don't think it does because neither FAT16 nor NTFS support have any 
conception of a file mode other than read-only, so there's no "mod" to "ch".

In my fantasy world MS would recognize that they're the last major 
holdout in a world of Unix-based OSes, and provide some sort of glue for 
compatibly writing to non-NTFS drives.

But in that fantasy world MS doesn't hold a majority marketshare either, 
which in the real world provides them the momentary luxury of assuming 
they don't need to play nice with the standards that drive the rest of 
the world. :)

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> On Mar 18, 2010, at 4:09 AM, Richard Gaskin
> <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
>
>> How do you run chmod from Windows?
>>
>> 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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