site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com 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. That's because the dependency mechanism is much tighter than strings. -pmb _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... At 10:45 AM +0100 5/15/06, Finlay Dobbie wrote: On 15/05/06, Kevin Van Vechten <kevin@opendarwin.org> wrote: launchd doesn't have daemon dependency support, last I checked. 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. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com