Is An Application

• SD Is An Application Nov 10 2003, 20:21
  Given a path name, this there a way to verify that the path points to
  an application (either Carbon or Cocoa package)?
  
  I know Cocoa packages will end with the .app suffix but Carbon may not.
  
  Thanx, SD.
• Nathan Day Re: Is An Application Nov 10 2003, 20:50
  Try [NSWorkspace getInfoForFile:application:type:] or if that doesn't work, It might just use the file extension look at LauchServices.
  
  On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at 03:19PM, SD <appledevlists...> wrote:
  
  

  > Given a path name, this there a way to verify that the path points to
  > an application (either Carbon or Cocoa package)?
  >
  > I know Cocoa packages will end with the .app suffix but Carbon may not.
  >
  > Thanx, SD.
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• Hsu Re: Is An Application Nov 16 2003, 12:44
  The canonical way is to use LaunchServices (LSInfo.h)
  
  + (BOOL) isApplicationAtPath:(NSString*)aPath {
      LSItemInfoRecord infoRec;
      LSCopyItemInfoForURL((CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath: aPath],
                            kLSRequestBasicFlagsOnly, &infoRec);
      return infoRec.flags & kLSItemInfoIsApplication;
  }
  
  Karl
  
  On Nov 10, 2003, at 8:19 PM, SD wrote:
  
  

  > Given a path name, this there a way to verify that the path points to
  > an application (either Carbon or Cocoa package)?
  >
  > I know Cocoa packages will end with the .app suffix but Carbon may not.
  >
  > Thanx, SD.
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