On 2009 Feb 10, at 07:30, Mark Woods wrote:
I'm creating an application that watches certain folders for new
files, and then performs various tasks on these files. I'm
developing it as a Foundation Tool that will run in the background.
Well, kqueue would work, but launchd can watch directories for you and
^launch^ your app when a file is added. Read this...
http://developer.apple.com/macosx/launchd.html
Maintaining a background app running 24/7 requires infrastructure
which is nice to avoid.
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