On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:48 AM, Todd Heberlein <todd_heberl...@me.com>wrote:
> Great, so I understand from what you're saying that I can launch a GUI app >> using launchd? >> > > Out of curiosity, I just tried this. I created a basic Cocoa app (I made no > changes to it, I just built the default skeleton application that Xcode > creates for you). The project is in the directory: > /Users/heberlei/Development/Tests/BasicApp/ > and the full path to the program is > > > /Users/heberlei/Development/Tests/BasicApp/build/Debug/Basic.app/Contents/MacOS/BasicApp > > I then created a launchd XML file called app_shouldnt_die.plist and put it > in the directory > > /Library/LaunchAgents > > (I also set it to be owned by root:wheel, don't know if that matters). > > Now when I log in, that BasicApp starts up. If I quit the app, it starts > again (usually within ~5 seconds). If I do the "kill <pid>" command from the > command line, the application starts again. > > Also, when I login as a completely different user, the application still > starts up automatically. So no matter who logs in, they have to live with > this darn app alway on. Pretty cool (or maybe just irritating :). > > The content of app_shouldnt_die.plist that directs launchd to always keep > the program running is: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" " > http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";> > <plist version="1.0"> > <dict> > <key>Label</key> > <string>com.netsq.app_shouldnt_die</string> > <key>Program</key> > > > <string>/Users/heberlei/Development/Tests/BasicApp/build/Debug/BasicApp.app/Contents/MacOS/BasicApp</string> > <key>KeepAlive</key> > <true/> > </dict> > </plist> > > This is VERY useful, thanks Todd. _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
