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Self relaunch of Cocoa application
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NSApplication+SelfRelaunch.m
@implementation NSApplication (Relaunch)
- (void)relaunchAfterDelay:(float)seconds
{
NSTask *task = [[[NSTask alloc] init] autorelease];
NSMutableArray *args = [NSMutableArray array];
[args addObject:@"-c"];
[args addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"sleep %f; open \"%@\"", seconds, [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]]];
[task setLaunchPath:@"/bin/sh"];
[task setArguments:args];
[task launch];
[self terminate:nil];
}
@end
@kerker00
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Swift version if you need https://gist.github.com/kerker00/63d52c7b0e6a5df1d2bc

@nAviram
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nAviram commented May 21, 2015

how do u start it?

@bikram990
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bikram990 commented Jul 13, 2017 •
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I'm using this but for me Its opening terminal while relaunching.

@KyLeggiero
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KyLeggiero commented Jul 13, 2017 •
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Swift 4 version: https://gist.github.com/BenLeggiero/449fb9b1a45b69fb276f4f9ad86cab7a

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