Re: StartupItems
Re: StartupItems
- Subject: Re: StartupItems
- From: Peter Bierman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 10:20:07 -0700
At 10:45 AM +0100 5/15/06, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
On 15/05/06, Kevin Van Vechten <email@hidden> wrote:
Lastly, StartupItems are on their way out, and unless you're seeking
compatibility with pre-Tiger (10.4) systems, you'd be better off
using a launchd plist.
launchd doesn't have daemon dependency support, last I checked.
That's because the dependency mechanism is much tighter than strings.
launchd allows daemons to "publish" a service via an IPC mechanism
such as a socket or mach port. Clients connect to the known port, and
bing! the service appears.
That's much more efficient than starting a service and vending a name
hoping someone wants to use it, or wants to wait for it.
-pmb
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