Re: stopping an application
Re: stopping an application
- Subject: Re: stopping an application
- From: Bill Janssen <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:43:34 PDT
- Comments: In-reply-to Greg Guerin <email@hidden> message dated "Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:55:35 -0700."
Greg Guerin <email@hidden> wrote:
> Bill Janssen wrote:
>
> > I was afraid of that... Is there an easy way to do that from the
> > command line given its PID?
>
> Use the osascript command.
>
> Form a query using a 'whose' clause to select the process ID. I
> forget what the exact wording is, or whether to ask Finder or System
> Events, so you'll have to experiment. To start, open the scripting
> dictionary of System Events and under its Processes Suite, choose the
> 'process' class and find its 'unix id' property. That's the thing
> you need to use in a 'whose' clause.
>
> Then tell that application to quit.
In other words, write a little "application quitter" tool in Applescript.
Should already be there, IMO.
Bill
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