On May 14, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Chris Devers wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Richard Morse <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> One caveat; it is not necessarily the case that an application will reload >> its defaults while running. iCal may; I don't know. However, in general you >> need to restart an application after modifying defaults -- sometimes you >> need to quit the application first! >> >> It's like editing /etc/ttys; you need to tell init about the changes by >> `kill -HUP 1`. > > That or use Applescript / System Events, which can be a "friendlier" > shutdown than a kill command, as the application will get a chance to > properly save buffers, preferences, etc: > > `osascript -e 'tell application "iCal" to quit'`
Sorry; I'm in the middle of upgrading a server; the example to kill `init` was meant as an analogy... Ricky The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
