On 06/07/2011 08:54 PM, "Terry Judd" <t...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> On 06/07/2011 05:41 PM, "Terry Judd" <t...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote: > >> I¹m trying to extract and save files from a zip archive using Livecodes >> built in zip routines. It all seems to work well (I open the archive for >> reading, list the contents using the enumerateItems function and write them >> out to file, creating any nested folders where necessary) except that Mac >> apps (bundles) that are have been extracted won¹t run despite appearing to >> be OK (all bits and pieces are in the right places). When you attempt to >> launch an unzipped app it flashes in the dock and then quits. If I unzip the >> archive by double-clicking it in the Finder the Mac apps work just fine. >> >> Am I missing something? > > OK, I've tracked the problem down to the executable inside the MacOS folder > inside the bundle. Doing a 'get info' on the original and unzipped > executables reveals the original is a 'Unix Executable File (Intel)' while > the unzipped version is a 'Terminal.app Document'. The two files appear to > be identical otherwise. > > How would I go about changing a terminal document to a unix executable? More sleuthing. Looks like the solution is to 'chmod +x [filepath]' from the command line. Terry... -- Dr Terry Judd | Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Education Unit Melbourne Medical School The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ 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
