NSUserUnixTask and the sandbox

2012-11-30 Thread jonat...@mugginsoft.com
Has anyone much experience with NSUserUnixTask to run scripts outside of the sandbox? Can one, for instance, use the script to execute a helper auxiliary from the app bundle that would have been sand boxed if executed directly via NSTask? Regards Jonathan Mitchell Mugginsoft LLP

Re: NSUserUnixTask and the sandbox

2012-11-30 Thread Mark Munz
To get outside the sandbox, the scripts have to be placed (by the end user) in a special scripts folder which sandboxed apps can read from, but cannot write to. It will (should) fail if you try to create a script task from a URL that isn't inside the special folder. Apple specifically says you

Re: NSUserUnixTask and the sandbox

2012-11-30 Thread jonat...@mugginsoft.com
On 30 Nov 2012, at 08:39, Mark Munz unmar...@gmail.com wrote: To get outside the sandbox, the scripts have to be placed (by the end user) in a special scripts folder which sandboxed apps can read from, but cannot write to. It will (should) fail if you try to create a script task from a URL