Re: prefPane with background process
Re: prefPane with background process
- Subject: Re: prefPane with background process
- From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:59:18 -0700
On 2 Apr '08, at 5:20 AM, Yogesh Potdar wrote:
How to make the service offered by myapp.prefPane continue even after
quitting system preferences? Is there any way by which I can run
service
offered by myapp.prefPane in background?
You'll need to create a separate executable that runs as an "agent" (a
per-user background process, as opposed to a daemon, which is system-
wide.) You can package this inside your pref-pane's bundle, so the
user doesn't have to separately install any other pieces.
You probably want the agent to start running when the user logs in, so
s/he doesn't have to keep launching System Preferences to start the
service every time. The usual way to set this up is to register the
agent with launchd by putting a property-list file into ~/Library/
LaunchAgents.
There's a lengthy Apple tech-note on daemons and agents that describes
this.
Also check the man page for "launchd.plist" and "launchctl".
—Jens
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