Dave,
THANK YOU~ Ditto is perfect.
--- Dave DeLong <theloki42 at hotmail dot com> wrote:
> go to Terminal
>
> do: man ditto
>
> the ditto command should do exactly what you're
> looking for. You can
> execute it through a shell.
>
> Dave
>
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>
> >From: Rb Developer <rbdev2002 at yahoo dot com>
> >Reply-To: REALbasic NUG
> <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
> >To: REALbasic NUG
> <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
> >Subject: Re: Copying a program file through code
> >Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:02:33 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >
> >Ok, a little clarity has appeared. After all the
> >contents are copied, the new item on the disk all
> of a
> >sudden LOOKS like an application, not like a folder
> >anymore (as the correct icon). But the copy of
> the
> >app won't execute. I opened the copied package
> with
> >the Finder's "Show Package Contents", and I noticed
> >that some of the contents of the copied package had
> >the old name (makes sense) so I used the Finder to
> >open the package and change their names to match
> the
> >new copied name of the application package, but the
> >copied app package still won't execute, it just
> >crashes.
> >
> >Shouldn't copying a program file be simpler than
> all
> >this??? (Sorry, I'm a Windows guy normally!!!)
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > To copy
> > > > an entire folder, you'd need to write a
> recursive
> > > > routine to create
> > > > the folder structure and copy all the
> contents, or
> > > > use a simple
> > > > AppleScript (or less simple AppleEvent) to
> tell
> > > the
> > > > Finder to do it
> > > > for you. Or, I suppose, use the Shell, though
> > > that
> > > > will require
> > > > finding the proper shell path for your source
> and
> > > > destination.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > - Joe
> > > >
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> > >
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