Yes... I see. Thank you. My other question is, can you change where this .plist file goes? My tool runs as root, so when I use NSUserDefaults, it saves the .plist file in /private/var/root/Library/Preferences, but I would prefer that it go right in /Library/Preferences ... is this possible?
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Nick Zitzmann <n...@chronosnet.com> wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2009, at 5:19 AM, KK wrote: > > I am writing a "Foundation tool" - a command-line utility that uses >> Objective-C and the Foundation framework, and I'm trying to save >> preferences >> under the application domain.. My understanding is that you would need a >> bundle identifier to do this, but if it's just a tool, can it have a >> bundle >> identifier? >> >> Or, do I have to use CFPreferences? >> > > > You can use CFPreferences if you wish, but if you use NSUserDefaults, the > defaults will be written to a plist file with the same name as your > executable if it has no bundle identifier. That might be good enough unless > your tool has a very common name or something. > > I haven't tried it, but I've read on ADC that there is a way to embed an > info.plist file in a tool by using this linker flag: > -sectcreate __TEXT __info_plist $(SOURCE_ROOT)/$(INFOPLIST_FILE) > > Nick Zitzmann > <http://www.chronosnet.com/> > > _______________________________________________ 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
