On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:37 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I'm writing a "KFile" class that encapsulates a bunch of file operations that > are spread out over several Cocoa and Carbon classes and want to have a > couple of testing methods such as "isImageFile", "isMusicFile", "isTextFile" > etc. I'm trying to avoid hard coding HFS types and/or file extensions and > have it perform these tests much like the Finder does in it's search window > where you can specify file kind as "Images", "Music", "Text", "Movies" etc. > Is there any any built in way, in either Cocoa or Carbon, to get a list of > types that correspond to say "Images" or perform a test on a specific file > that returns true for "Images"?
You could use the command-line utility "file" via an NSTask. Look at its manpage for more info. Owen _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
