mdbackup binary plist files

2008-07-16 Thread Ryan Chapman
Hopefully there is someone here who knows something about binary plist files. When an iPhone's firmware is upgraded in iTunes, a framework called MobileSync creates a backup of the iPhone's data files. The backup is stored in .mdbackup files, in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/targetId/

Re: Returning a value from a function

2008-04-08 Thread Ryan Chapman
Does it have to return void? If not, how about returning an NSString*? - (NSString *)convertFunctionWithValues:(NSString *)valueOne ValueTwo:(double)valueTwo ValueThree:(double)valueThree ValueFour:(double)valueFour ValueFive:(NSString *)valueFive ValueSix:(double)valueSix { NSString

Best way to execute a shell script from a cocoa application

2008-03-18 Thread Ryan Chapman
What is the best way to execute a shell script from a Cocoa application? I need to be able to specify arguments, like what execv() provides. -Ryan ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or

Re: Getting notifications when any file in a folder change

2008-03-18 Thread Ryan Chapman
And here are a few implementations of FSEvents: Open source implemenation of how to subscribe to file system events http://greenearthcommons.org/rian/gfslogger/ Command line utility that shows file system events in real time http://www.kernelthread.com/software/fslogger/ GUI utility that

Re: In receiver application, getting file passed in from NSWorkspace openFile:withApplication:

2008-03-17 Thread Ryan Chapman
. - Original Message From: Jens Alfke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ryan Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 1:06:09 PM Subject: Re: In receiver application, getting file passed in from NSWorkspace openFile:withApplication: On 17 Mar '08, at 9:56 AM