Re: "First Run" installation of Application support stuff?

FROM : Sheehan Olver
DATE : Thu Dec 19 20:50:13 2002

Couldn't you just copy the applet from your .app bundle to /tmp
whenever you run, and delete it when you quit? This way you don't need
to worry about permissions (/tmp is guaranteed everyone-readwrite,
correct?) Why do you need write access on an applet anyways?


On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 10:29  AM,
<email_removed> wrote:

> - I use the /Library/Application Support/myApplication/ folder since I
> need the applet accessible for all users. Were that not the case, any
> ~/Library subfolder would do, I think.
> - I check if the applet is already there, check its size, if it's the
> same I compare it bit-for-bit with the original which is somewhere
> inside the app bundle. I store this in encrypted form so nobody can
> tamper with it.
> - Only if the applet is outdated or corrupted, or if the permissions
> are not correct, I ask for the admin password and copy or fix
> everything.
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