Hi Robert, On Feb 17, 2010, at 8:18 AM, robert gleeson wrote: > Thanks Ernie -- > > I'm going to go through the documentation for the Service Management > framework and see what I can come up with. I was hoping I wouldn't need to > maintain two separate code bases for MacRuby and MRI but if i can launch > processes without reverting to a hack it's always a good thing.
Let us know what you come up with. It is possible we may be able to (partially) emulate fork() using Service Management someday... -E > > Thanks, > Rob > On 17 Feb 2010, at 15:45, Ernest N. Prabhakar, Ph.D. wrote: > >> The recommendation is to use launchd to spawn processes via Service >> Management: >> >> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/General/Reference/ServiceManagementFwRef/ServiceManagement_h/index.html >> >> But I don't think anybody has wrapped it yet... >> >> -- Ernie P. >> >> On Feb 17, 2010, at 5:42 AM, robert gleeson wrote: >> >>> Hi -- >>> >>> I'm aware fork() is not implemented in MacRuby yet, and it may never be >>> from what I read but I'd just like to introduce a use case i've come across >>> recently that might have you reconsider? >>> >>> I am writing ruby bindings for the features exposed in the "sandbox" >>> header, and you really need to fork a process if you don't want your parent >>> process to inherit the restrictions the sandbox imposes .. >>> >>> I came across the problem with CoreFoundation not allowing you to fork() >>> without immediately executing exec() , and I presume this is one of the >>> reasons fork() in MacRuby might not be implemented but is there any >>> workaround to see fork() being implemented? >>> >>> Just thought I'd add that to the table. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Rob >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacRuby-devel mailing list >>> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
