identifying macOS folders that are considered to be files?

[Mark Waddingham]

I’m pretty sure bundles always have a PkgInfo file in them too - so you should (alternatively to using LCB) use ‘there is a file ...’.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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> On 24 May 2019, at 18:06, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:35 PM kee nethery via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Is there any way for LiveCode to tell me that a macOS folder that gets
>> listed with “the folders” is actually treated as a file? For example, .app
>> is a file where View Package Contents is an option but the OS treats it as
>> a single thing. Same with .numbers, .pages, and various other “files”. They
>> can be opened up and the contents can be viewed.
>> 
>> Is there any way to know which “folders” are actually treated by the OS as
>> files?
>> 
> 
> If you don't get any pure LCS solutions you could use an extension. macOS
> has an API for this:
> 
> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsworkspace/1529991-isfilepackageatpath?language=objc
> 
> I just tested it in my macOS test bed for extensions and it seems to work.
> It is the NSWorkspaceIsFilePackageAtPath() handler in this file:
> 
> https://github.com/trevordevore/lc-macos-toolset/blob/master/NSWorkspace/nsworkspace.lcb
> 
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> Trevor DeVore
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