Re: exec(uting) Safari - How (newbie)
Re: exec(uting) Safari - How (newbie)
- Subject: Re: exec(uting) Safari - How (newbie)
- From: "Kyle Sluder" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:44:51 -0400
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Kevin Elliott <email@hidden> wrote:
> Of course, they're both bad choices. As several people have pointed out,
> NSWorkspace launchApplication or openURL depending on the requirements. If
> it's not possible to use NSWorkspace (i.e. because you can't link against
> AppKit) consider NSTask or using LaunchServices. But unless you have a
> SPECIFIC, low level requirement exec is the wrong API.
I was even more concerned about the env pollution necessary for exec
to work as described ("not needing to know where Safari lives"). exec
is just a bad idea all around for anything outside of the BSD
environment.
--Kyle Sluder
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