Delete an app from within an App

Scripting Forums AppleScriptObjC and Xcode
#1

I have an app that is downloaded occasionally for our users. It’s always downloaded into /tmp, as it’s a place that doesn’t need any specific permissions to do so

Anyway: I’d like the app to clean up after itself when it terminates: Is there any good practise to do this? Perhaps a do shell script that somehow detaches? Answers on a postcard please!

(This is an Xcode app written in AppleScript with smidges of ASOC thrown in)

#2

It should be able to move itself to the trash while running. Or you can just wait until /tmp is cleaned out, which I think happens every few days.

#3

Cheers Shane. Being moved to the trash should work fine

#4

Dammit.

So, I’ve built a small app. Compiled it, moved it to the /tmp folder, but then run it from XCode.

I get:

So, I throw this into Script Editor and it works fine:

Here’s the simple script

tell application "Finder"
	set sourceFolder to POSIX file "/tmp/deletemyself.app/"
	delete sourceFolder # move to trash
end tell

Ideas?

#5

I’s probably balking at POSIX file x rather than x as POSIX file.

But why faff around with Finder when you have a perfectly good file manager:

set theURL to current application's NSBundle's mainBundle()'s bundleURL()
current application's NSFileManager's defaultManager()'s trashItemAtURL:theURL resultingItemURL:(missing value) |error|:(missing value)
#6

Move to trash was great but, given my requirements,

current application's NSFileManager's defaultManager()'s removeItemAtURL:theURL |error|:(missing value)

works much better

Shane, thanks for your help