But my app is a "normal" Cocoa App, it's not a daemon or an agent.
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Chris Hanson <c...@me.com> wrote: > The best way to ensure your daemon or agent is always running is to have it > run via launchd. > > Start by reading the launchd man page and the "Daemons and Agents" tech > note; these will give you an overview of how Mac OS X used launchd to manage > these types of on-demand and always-on services. > > -- Chris > > > On May 30, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Ammar Ibrahim <ammar.ibra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Kyle Sluder <kyle.slu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Ammar Ibrahim <ammar.ibra...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 1- How do you ensure only one instance of your app is running? How do >>>> you >>>> detect if it stops responding? Can you restart it using something like a >>>> watchdog? And how would you go about implementing it? >>>> >>> >>> The system already does this for you. Unless you're not writing a >>> regular application (say, a daemon or something), or you only want one >>> instance regardless of how many people are logged in on the machine >>> (say, using Fast User Switching). If you need to ask this question, >>> you're probably not in either of these scenarios, so don't worry about >>> it. >>> >>> >> Actually, I'm writing a non regular application, and it's for a controlled >> environment. No users will be using the system, it should be completely >> automated and recover from errors. All I need is to make sure my app is >> running at all times. Would a simple cronjob check do the trick? The only >> thing I dont know how to do at the moment is to check if the app is not >> responding, and force quit it from an external script/app >> >> >> >>> >>> 2- Is there a way to launch applications like iTunes from cocoa without >>>> >>> the >>> >>>> need to use AppleScript? >>>> >>> >>> Look at the NSWorkspace documentation. iTunes's bundle identifier is >>> com.apple.iTunes, but in general you can look at any app bundle's >>> Info.plist file to get its bundle identifier (the CFBundleIdentifier >>> key). >>> >> >> >> >> Thanks, I did and it did the trick. One question though, it seems the call >> returns before the app is launched, what's the best way to detect when the >> app is launched? I heard there's something called notification center or >> so. >> Is there a way to view all notifications being sent on my Mac? >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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/cmh%40me.com >> >> This email sent to c...@me.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
