I ran into this once with Time Machine. I restored an iPages file from a backup and it brought it back without an extension and treated it as a unix executable. Even more ironic that Time Machine can't restore a file from an Apple application properly!
Pete On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Terry Judd <t...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote: > OK - scratch that quey. It looks like using revZip to unzip Mac apps on a > PC is ok after all. From what I can tell (following admittedly limited > testing) any file without an extension that is unzipped on a PC ends up > being recognised as a unix executable file on the Mac. Bottom line is that > Mac apps unzipped on a PC using revZip still work on a Mac. Kinda ironic > when Mac apps unzipped on a Mac using revZip don't. > > Terry... > > > On 28/07/2011, at 01:46 PM, Terry Judd wrote: > > > About 3 weeks ago I posted about an issue I had with certain Mac files > (those that are recognised by the MacOS as 'unix executable files') losing > their executable status when they are unpacked using revZip. A couple of > solutions were offered and I'm currently using 'chmod +x [filepath]' to > 'reset' these files. > > > > However, I still have a problem in that I'm creating a cross-platform > installer/updater that will be writing out (from a zip archive) both Win and > Mac apps/externals/etc at the same time - our software is delivered on a > USB memory stick and includes cross-platform versions of a number of > educational apps. > > > > If the user installs/updates on a Mac then the chmod solution works > perfectly. If however they are installing/updating under Windows then there > doesn't seem to be any way for me to 'reset' any Mac executable files that > have been updated so that they will function correctly the next time the > user uses the software on a Mac (most of our users have PCs but most of our > computer labs have Macs). Or is there a way that I'm unaware of (a Win > equivalent of chmod)? > > > > The only idea I have at the moment is to temporarily store a list of > files that need to be reset when the user does their install/update on a PC > and then use this (and clear it afterwards) to do some housekeeping the next > time they start up the software on a Mac. Any other (better) suggestions out > there? > > > > Regards, > > > > Terry... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode