I'm actually using UKKQueue in the project (it's a great utility - thanks a lot!).
In some small tests I have seen that other apps break when moved while opened (testing with TextEdit), so perhaps I should just assume it won't move. I guess this is a moot issue then. On Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 05:03PM, "Uli Kusterer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 17.07.2008, at 12:50, Mitchell Livingston wrote: >> I need to pass the location to a c library and reset the location in >> this library when the application is moved, so I need a way to know >> when the app is moved. > >> How can I call it again if I don't know it moved? Waiting until it >> fails is a bit too late in the process. Sure, chances are the app >> won't move, but why should it ever fail? Storing it in the library >> folder is not a real good option. > > >As someone else said, use a kqueue to detect the app move. I wrote a >nice little wrapper class around kqueues for uses like this, find it at > > <http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/sourcecode.htm#UKKQueue> > >Watch your application bundle folder with that, and when it notifies >you that you've been moved, you can call into your library, passing >whatever NSBundle pathForResource: returns then. > >Just be aware that Cocoa itself is kinda stupid about coping with the >current app's bundle being moved (different from Carbon, funnily >enough). So, while your library might still access the correct >folders, the rest of your app may still go down in flames. Come to >think of it, I'm not even sure whether NSBundle doesn't cache its >location, so you might get the old path back. But I guess since the >kqueue tells you where it got moved, you could deduce the path anyway. > >Cheers, >-- Uli Kusterer >"The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..." >http://www.zathras.de > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
