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Re: Carbon Run Command

John Stiles wrote:
On Aug 9, 2007, at 6:11 PM, Ingemar Ragnemalm wrote: 

Chris Hanson wrote:

Either use LaunchServices or NSWorkspace for applications, or fork/ exec or NSTask for command-line tools.

Is there any particular reason not to use fork/exec for GUI applications?

I'd say one significant concern is that if the app is already open, you will make a separate instance of it, which is not correct Mac OS behavior.

OK, that makes sense. (Fortunately it does not matter for my current use, but when it does I'll try LS.)

What I like about fork/exec is that it is portable and very future safe. I kind of wonder how hard it would be to add a check for duplicates.

(I get a feeling we have discussed this before. The argument feels familiar.)


/Ingemar

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