How to get pid_t of working dock.app in max os X

Question

More or less everything in the header, I am looking for a way to get dock.app running cocoa pid_t from an application.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer 1

If you are using Mac OS X 10.6, you can try the runningApplications NSWorkspace method:

 NSArray *appList = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] runningApplications]; 

It will return an NSRunningApplication array. Find Dock.app and use the processIdentifier property.

You can also see an example AppList application.