Write bugs for the ones where there's no non-deprecated method. I don't recall 
all the values, but there may be UNIX-level functions to do some things. And if 
there's no real way now, look up the info on the structures and set them by way 
of the xattr calls.
--
Gary L. Wade (Sent from my iPad)
http://www.garywade.com/

> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Stephane Sudre <dev.iceb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No specific attributes in the FinderInfo data. I just need to be able
> to get it and set it on another file/folder.
> 
> The labels case you mention is an interesting one. I had not thought
> about it when it comes to cross-compatibility with the different OS
> versions I need to support.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Gary L. Wade
> <garyw...@desisoftsystems.com> wrote:
>> What attributes in particular do you need to work with? In case you might be 
>> dealing with labels, those moved from the simple bitmask flag to separate 
>> values in their own extended attribute. Other values may have changed 
>> similarly but I haven't kept up with them.
>> --
>> Gary L. Wade (Sent from my iPad)
>> http://www.garywade.com/
>> 
>>> On Oct 13, 2016, at 7:03 AM, Stephane Sudre <dev.iceb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Question:
>>> 
>>> Is there a native Cocoa API that can replace the
>>> FSGetCatalog/FSSetCatalog API when it comes to retrieving/setting the
>>> FinderInfo (and FinderExtInfo) attributes of a file?
>>> 
>>> OS X 10.8 and later.
>>> 
>>> Problem:
>>> 
>>> The FS CoreCarbon APIs are deprecated but apparently, there's nothing
>>> to replace them completely in Cocoa (Foundation).
>>> 
>>> The NSURL resources APIs does not support the FinderInfo attributes
>>> (no obvious key in the broken documentation and using
>>> "com.apple.FinderInfo" does not work).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Workaround:
>>> 
>>> This can be worked around by using the xattr.h APIs but if it could be
>>> possible to avoid this, it would be better.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Packaging Resources - http://s.sudre.free.fr/Packaging.html


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