On Aug 5, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Carl Harris wrote:

> I have a Cocoa app that (among other things) installs an agent in launchd 
> that runs in the background.  The agent installation happens when the app is 
> first launched after install.
> I'd like to support the drag-to-trash approach to uninstalling.  Can my 
> background agent listen for some notification that would allow me to detect 
> that the app bundle has been dragged to the trash, so I can clean up properly?

Interesting question. I’m not aware of any such notification.

The best thing I can think of is to have your agent process periodically check 
whether its file still exists, and exit if it doesn’t (or if it’s now inside 
the trash).

—Jens_______________________________________________

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