Launchd "System" session type
The launchd man page for OS X 10.8 describes five session contexts: Aqua, LoginWindow, Background, StandardIO and System. The "System" context appears to be new since OS X 10.7. It is not described in TechNote 2038 and I could not find more about it in any of the launchd man pages. If it were to be described in that TechNote's "Table 1: Types of launchd agent," how might the "System" session type be explained? -- Jeremy
On 18 Jul 2013, at 16:53, Jeremy Reichman <jaharmi@jaharmi.com> wrote:
The launchd man page for OS X 10.8 describes five session contexts: Aqua, LoginWindow, Background, StandardIO and System. The "System" context appears to be new since OS X 10.7.
The "System" context isn't new, it's just a name for a context that's always existed, namely that context that daemons run in (jobs managed by the 'root' launchd). The other contexts all apply to agents, that is, to jobs being managed by one of the per-user launchd's. Share and Enjoy -- Quinn "The Eskimo!" <http://www.apple.com/developer/> Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
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