Copying Mac .app to Applications folder

[raugert]

I am trying to make a simple Installer for my app, but I can't seem to copy the Mac .app file (vmpb.app) to the Applications folder. I've tried different syntaxes, but just can't seem to get it to work..

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revCopyFile specialFolderPath("desktop") & "/vmpb.app" , "/Applications"

It's probably something simple that I'm missing.

thanks,
Richard

[Klaus]

Hi Richard,

try with parens:

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revCopyFile (specialFolderPath("desktop") & "/vmpb.app"), "/Applications"
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Best

Klaus

[raugert]

thanks Klaus,

I tried that but it doesn't seem to to work either. Although, If I copy it to another folder (as in code below), it works OK. I think it has something to do with the syntax for the location of the "Applications" folder ?

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 revCopyFile (specialFolderPath("desktop") & "/vmpb.app"), specialFolderPath("documents")

[kdjanz]

It could be a permissions thing - the Mac protects the Applications folder and requires sudo type access to copy or delete from that folder.

[raugert]

thanks kdjanz,

Yes, it appears to be a permission issue. I can copy files (.txt or most other files), but in order to copy an application (.app) I need to use the sudo commands as you suggested. I can do it using a shell command in Livecode. Seems to work ok. Thanks for the suggestion

Richard