To obtain the bundle at a specific path using Cocoa, call the bundleWithPath: class method of the NSBundle
NSBundle *myBundle; // obtain a reference to a loadable bundle myBundle = [NSBundle bundleWithPath:@"/Library/MyBundle.bundle";
To obtain the bundle at a specific path using Core Foundation, call the CFBundleCreate function and must use CFURLRef type.
CFURLRef bundleURL; CFBundleRef myBundle; // Make a CFURLRef from the CFString representation of the bundle's path. bundleURL = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(kCFAllocatorDefault, CFSTR("/Library/MyBundle.bundle"), kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, true); // Make a bundle instance using the URLRef. myBundle = CFBundleCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, bundeURL); // You can release the URL now. CFRelease(bundleURL); // Use the bundle ... // Release the bundle when done. CFRelease(myBundle);