On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Tom Hohensee <tom...@mac.com> wrote:
> I was
> wondering if there was a launchd.plist key that allowed for launchd to
> detect an application startup.

launchd is explicitly designed not to have this functionality.  All
inter-application dependencies must be carried out through some IPC
mechanism.  Taken from launchd.plist(5):

> Unlike many bootstrapping daemons, launchd has no explicit dependency
> model.  Interdependencies are expected to be solved through the use of
> IPC.  It is therefore in the best interest of a job developer who expects
> dependents to define all of the sockets in the configuration file. This
> has the added benefit of making it possible to start the job based on
> demand instead of immediately.

--Kyle Sluder
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