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launching an OSX bundle
by Scott Morrow
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I'm wondering if issuing the "launch" command to:
/Applications/OSX bundle.app produces different results than issuing the command to OSX bundle.app/Contents/MacOS/theBinFile Both seem to launch the app. Just curious if there is a difference that I might not be noticing? Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email scott@... _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@... Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution |
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Re: launching an OSX bundle
by Sivakatirswami
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Scott:
Say What? :-) When are you going to release the Mac InTel version? I have some people whose 1st language is not English that might enjoy this. Sivakatirswami Scott Morrow wrote: > I'm wondering if issuing the "launch" command to: > > /Applications/OSX bundle.app > > produces different results than issuing the command to > > OSX bundle.app/Contents/MacOS/theBinFile > > Both seem to launch the app. Just curious if there is a difference > that I might not be noticing? > > > Scott Morrow > > Elementary Software > (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) > web http://elementarysoftware.com/ > email scott@... > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@... > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@... Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution |
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Re: launching an OSX bundle
by Andre Garzia-3
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Scott,
using something like launch -a <app name> will free you from dealing with path references, for example: launch -a firefox will launch firefox no matter where firefox.app is located, courtesy of launcservices framework or whatever keeps track of the filesystem these days... As for having a difference, I know one, calling the binary direct will "freeze" the process context that called it, for example if you open a terminal window and use a command to call the binary, you'll see that it doesn't return till the application exits, so, as far as the terminal opened is concerned, the application is running and blocking further interaction in that context, also you'll be able to see data sent for STDOUT in the terminal. This is a good way to display debug info for example, make your app output to stdout and call the binary. If you use launch, then the application is launched in another context, so, if you open a terminal and call launch you'll see that it returns immediately no matter if the apps keep running or not. Also stdin/stdout/stderr will be different then they are from launching by calling the binary. So what method you want depends on what you need. Do you need to capture output, then calling the binary is the best option, if you want to launch an app and forget about it, then launch will do it. I think that calling shell() with the binary reference will block until the called app exits but I am not sure. hope this helps andre On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Scott Morrow <scott@...> wrote: > I'm wondering if issuing the "launch" command to: > > /Applications/OSX bundle.app > > produces different results than issuing the command to > > OSX bundle.app/Contents/MacOS/theBinFile > > Both seem to launch the app. Just curious if there is a difference that I > might not be noticing? > > > Scott Morrow > > Elementary Software > (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) > web http://elementarysoftware.com/ > email scott@... > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@... > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@... Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution |
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Re: launching an OSX bundle
by Jim Sims
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On Jul 29, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > launch -a <app name> > > will free you from dealing with path references, for example: > > launch -a firefox > > will launch firefox no matter where firefox.app is located, courtesy > of launcservices framework or whatever keeps track of the filesystem > these days... Using terminal with Mac 10.5.4 I get the following results: Last login: Tue Jul 29 06:53:38 on ttys000 Macintosh:~ jimsims$ launch -a Pages -bash: launch: command not found Macintosh:~ jimsims$ No worky. sims ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Across Platforms - Code and Culture http://www.ezpzapps.com/blog/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@... Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution |
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Re: launching an OSX bundle
by Andre Garzia-3
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AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH
sorry, it's 2:08 AM and I have a mild fever... I mean: open -a firefox silly things, open, launch... sorry andre On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Jim Sims <sims@...> wrote: > > On Jul 29, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > >> launch -a <app name> >> >> will free you from dealing with path references, for example: >> >> launch -a firefox >> >> will launch firefox no matter where firefox.app is located, courtesy >> of launcservices framework or whatever keeps track of the filesystem >> these days... > > Using terminal with Mac 10.5.4 I get the following results: > > Last login: Tue Jul 29 06:53:38 on ttys000 > Macintosh:~ jimsims$ launch -a Pages > -bash: launch: command not found > Macintosh:~ jimsims$ > > > No worky. > > sims > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Across Platforms - Code and Culture > http://www.ezpzapps.com/blog/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@... > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@... Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution |
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Re: launching an OSX bundle
by Jim Sims
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On Jul 29, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH > > sorry, it's 2:08 AM and I have a mild fever... > > I mean: > > open -a firefox Last login: Tue Jul 29 06:55:01 on ttys000 Macintosh:~ jimsims$ open -a firefox Macintosh:~ jimsims$ Worky! :-) sims ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Across Platforms - Code and Culture http://www.ezpzapps.com/blog/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@... Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution |
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Re: launching an OSX bundle
by Andre Garzia-3
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don't we all love when it works?
remember, life is good! :D Ciao! Andre On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Jim Sims <sims@...> wrote: > > On Jul 29, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > >> AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH >> >> sorry, it's 2:08 AM and I have a mild fever... >> >> I mean: >> >> open -a firefox > > > Last login: Tue Jul 29 06:55:01 on ttys000 > Macintosh:~ jimsims$ open -a firefox > Macintosh:~ jimsims$ > > > Worky! :-) > > sims > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Across Platforms - Code and Culture > http://www.ezpzapps.com/blog/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@... > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@... Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution |
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Re: launching an OSX bundle
by Scott Morrow
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Hello Andre,
Thanks for the lesson! -Scott Morrow On Jul 28, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Scott, > > using something like > > launch -a <app name> > > will free you from dealing with path references, for example: > > launch -a firefox > > will launch firefox no matter where firefox.app is located, courtesy > of launcservices framework or whatever keeps track of the filesystem > these days... > > As for having a difference, I know one, calling the binary direct will > "freeze" the process context that called it, for example if you open a > terminal window and use a command to call the binary, you'll see that > it doesn't return till the application exits, so, as far as the > terminal opened is concerned, the application is running and blocking > further interaction in that context, also you'll be able to see data > sent for STDOUT in the terminal. This is a good way to display debug > info for example, make your app output to stdout and call the binary. > > If you use launch, then the application is launched in another > context, so, if you open a terminal and call launch you'll see that it > returns immediately no matter if the apps keep running or not. Also > stdin/stdout/stderr will be different then they are from launching by > calling the binary. > > So what method you want depends on what you need. Do you need to > capture output, then calling the binary is the best option, if you > want to launch an app and forget about it, then launch will do it. I > think that calling shell() with the binary reference will block until > the called app exits but I am not sure. > > hope this helps > andre > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Scott Morrow > <scott@...> wrote: >> I'm wondering if issuing the "launch" command to: >> >> /Applications/OSX bundle.app >> >> produces different results than issuing the command to >> >> OSX bundle.app/Contents/MacOS/theBinFile >> >> Both seem to launch the app. Just curious if there is a difference >> that I >> might not be noticing? >> >> >> Scott Morrow >> >> Elementary Software >> (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) >> web http://elementarysoftware.com/ >> email scott@... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@... >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > > > > -- > http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@... > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@... Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution |
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