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Re: How to pass command line parameters to Cocoa App
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Re: How to pass command line parameters to Cocoa App


  • Subject: Re: How to pass command line parameters to Cocoa App
  • From: douglas welton <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:47:56 -0400

Check out NSProcessInfo. The class has a -(NSArrary *)arguments method that may be of some interest.


On Aug 16, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Abdul Sowayan wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> If I launch my app from the command line, I can pass it options like this
> (this would be the argc, argv parameters to main):
>
> ./Foo.app/Contents/MacOS/Foo -ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES
>
>
> What I would like to have is launch my application from the GUI and somehow
> pass the command line parameters to it. If I had to guess, this would be
> encoded in the Info.plist file in the bundle. It is not clear to me how to
> do that. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Abdul

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