/pps/services/launcher/control

Publishers: Applications Navigator
Subscribers: Any app

Note: This type of object is known as a server object, a special PPS object designed for point-to-point communication between a server and one or more clients. For details, see "Server objects" in the QNX Persistent Publish/Subscribe Developer's Guide.

Message/response format

Commands sent to the /pps/services/launcher/control object are of the form:

msg::command_string\nid::ID_number\ndat::{application_string}

Responses always reflect the command_string and ID_number that were sent in the message:

res::command_string\nid::ID_number\ndat::application_string

Commands

msg::	id::	dat::
start	Number (or any other identifier).	Application to launch (string from the app's directory name and key found under /apps).
stop	Number (or any other identifier).	Application to close.

Examples

Launch the Communication application:

echo "msg::start\ndat::Communication.testDev_mmunicationf1e9ffb6\n id::1" > /pps/services/launcher/control

Close the Car Control application:

echo "msg::stop\ndat::carcontrol.testDev_carcontrol_21522f09\n id::2" > /pps/services/launcher/control