[Solved] CopyFile() and CopyDirectory()

[XaGau]

Hello all,

Know you why, when I copy an application with PB copyfile or copydirectory, copied application does not start?
While when I make it manually, it starts normally?

Best regards

[Wolfram]

Did you compare the package contents of both?

[TI-994A]

...when I copy an application with PB copyfile or copydirectory, copied application does not start?

Hi XaGau. For OSX programs, the app file is actually a folder, so you'd need to copy the single app file with PureBasic's CopyDirectory() function. For example:

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CopyDirectory("/Applications/Calculator.app", "/Users/[username]/Calculator.app", "")

[XaGau]

HI,
Thank you for replys.

I used CopyDirectory, and all the folders and files of the .app are copied, but the executable in \Contents\MacOS\ becomes a document

Best Regards

[wilbert]

You could try using CocoaMessage.
The NSFileManager class has a method named copyItemAtPath:toPath:error:

[TI-994A]

I used CopyDirectory, and all the folders and files of the .app are copied, but the executable in \Contents\MacOS\ becomes a document

Hello again XaGau. After reading your last post, I took another look at it, and the results are quite strange. PureBasic's CopyDirectory() function does not seem to work stably with application files (.app). The copied applications work some of the time, and some of the time they are copied with zero bytes. I'm not quite sure what's causing this. I'm running PureBasic 5.20 LTS on OSX 10.8.

As a workaround, if you wouldn't mind using the API, you could use wilbert's suggestion:

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CocoaMessage(0, (CocoaMessage(0, 0, "NSFileManager defaultManager")), "copyItemAtPath:$", @"/Applications/Calculator.app", "toPath:$", @"/Users/[username]/Calc.app", "error:", #nil)

or parse it like this for better clarity:

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NSFM = CocoaMessage(0, 0, "NSFileManager defaultManager")
sourceFile.s = "/Applications/Calculator.app"
destinationFile.s = "/Users/[username]/Calc.app"

CocoaMessage(0, NSFM, "copyItemAtPath:$", @sourceFile, "toPath:$", @destinationFile, "error:", #nil)

Here are some references that might be helpful:
- The PureBasic Manual - CocoaMessage()
- Mac Developer Library - NSFileManager Class Reference

[XaGau]

Hello all,

Thank you very much for your help, everything works well now.

Cordially

[Rinzwind]

Old topic, but it seems CopyDirectory removes the executable permission of files when copying... seems wrong to me? That's why an .app won't start anymore after being copied with CopyDirectory.