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Re: Best approach to write an uninstaller for osx
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Re: Best approach to write an uninstaller for osx


  • Subject: Re: Best approach to write an uninstaller for osx
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:52:07 -0800

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
> Sure, you can do that. As I said, there's no particular trick for deleting the uninstaller. The filesystem won't stop you from deleting your own binary (or moving it to the trash.)

The filesystem doesn't care, but the OS sure as heck does.  Launch
Services and CoreServices both freak out if a running app goes
bye-bye—to the Trash or anywhere else.

--Kyle Sluder
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