It also allows the app to be started on login. A shell script on its
own won't start up when added to startup items, best case it opens the
default text editor.
Greg Thomas wrote:
On 1/23/07, Mark Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 01:48:36PM -0500, Daniel Barowy wrote:
> Daniel Barowy wrote:
> >The Rogue Fugu wrote:
> >>You can make it run a shell script using this procedure:
> >>1) Create a directory called MyApp.app
> >>2) Create a directory within MyApp.app called Contents
> >>3) Create a directory within Contents called MacOS
> >>4) Place your shell script within the MacOS directory and call it
MyApp
> >>
> >>mac os will recognize it as an application.
> >>
> Oops. Sorry-- did not mean to CC the list on this. Ignore.
>
No apologies necessary. It was very entertaining to see how you do a
'chmod +x' on MacOS.
I figure you're just poking fun at MacOS but chmod +x on OS X is chmod +x.
It looks like the above just makes an application bundle so one can
double-click on it from the GUI.
Greg
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