How to use XPC in command line app

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I've a XPC file and how to use it in a command line app? I tried to put in same diretory not working,

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I’m struggling to understand your terminology here. What is an “XPC file”? Is that an XPC Service bundle? Or something else?

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Xpc service bundle

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Xpc service bundle

XPC Services can only be placed in apps and app extensions.

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Eskimo: I don’t understand your reply! Command line app is also an app! For example Kitura based server side app runned from command line! The server side app is running in Mac!

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Command line app is also an app!

I’m using the term app to mean a GUI application that a user to can run from the Finder, not as abbreviation for application. Command-line tools do not, in general, have an app-like structure and, as such, can’t host XPC Services.

You do have options here:

You could create a launchd daemon or agent and have it vend an XPC service (lower case S).
You could package your command-line tool in an app-like structure (see this post) and embed your XPC Services in that.

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