MacPython / Carbon Documentation¶
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General Tips¶
Try some or all:
Read Apple Carbon documentation
Use
dir()andhelp()Look into MacPython IDE code, or in the few Mac Python modules like
macostools,findertoolsor other modules inplat-macLook into the C modules that implement the glue between Python and Carbon.
Ask the good people at
#macpythoninirc.freenode.org
Recipes¶
Getting file and folder information¶
You want to know the file type or creator of a file.
>>> from Carbon import File >>> info = File.FSSpec('Todo').FSpGetFInfo() >>> info.Type '****' >>> info.Creator 'Hdra' >>>
Note that FSSpecs have some issues, see http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2078.html
Here is another simpler way (from MacPython IDE):
>>>import MacOS >>> MacOS.GetCreatorAndType('Todo') ('Hdra', '****')
Carbon Reference¶
Python 2.3 Carbon Modules: