Difference between .app applications and files in /usr/bin?
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I don't really understand the difference. I tried putting a .app file in /usr/bin and executing if from the terminal but that doesn't do anything. What kind of files go in there?
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Wikipedia has a good article on Application Bundles. In short, a is not a file: it's a directory tree with a specific structure. The actual binary that runs (ie, the equivalent of the binary you'd find in ) is . However, you (generally) can't just c…
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