>> Would it be fair to say that if a path is a directory, and if the 
>> kMDItemContentType != public.folder then NSWorkspace.isFilePackageAtPath 
>> would 
>return YES?
>

>No.  A non-package directory may not even conform to public.folder.  For 
>example, volume mount points have the type ID public.volume, which does 
>conform; but frameworks have the type ID public.framework, which does not 
>conform.

But isn't a framework a package, thus making my statement correct? If a 
framework is not a package, then what specifically makes a package a package 
that a framework doesn't fit?

Perhaps I should state my question more explicitly. I'm trying to figure out 
what things should be copied atomically. When a directory is really a bundle 
(is a bundle == package?), then it must be considered as one unit. If it's just 
a folder, then the files therein have their own unique reasons for existing. 
But I'm  not sure which API exactly will give me the distinction I want to make.


>> And conversely if a path is not a directory or the kMDItemContentType == 
>> public.folder, then NSWorkspace.isFilePackageAtPath would return NO?
>
>I'm pretty sure this is true.  All packages are directories, and no package 
>type conforms to public.folder, or ever will.

-Peter



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