On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Lightning Duck <lightningd...@me.com> wrote: > I need to make an application that runs a bit as a 'service' if you will. > Not in the sense of running from the "Services" menu but something the tuns > continually in the background with an Icon in the Dock or a Window of it's > own, that monitors when files are added or removed from a directory
What you want to do is called either a "daemon" or an "agent." There is a technote that explains the difference, and is required reading if you want to implement anything of the sort: http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2005/tn2083.html > So basically I have two requirements > > Monitor the contents of a directory You can do this with a launchd job that watches a set of paths. --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ 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
