5 files changed, 50 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/extension/safari/README.md b/extension/safari/README.md
index 9ceafdc..8a47d23 100644
--- a/extension/safari/README.md
+++ b/extension/safari/README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ it's mounted.
 ### tips
 
 - To open Web inspector: Safari -> Develop menu -> Web Extension
-  Background Pages -> TabFS
+  Background Pages -> TabFS.
 
-- You need to rebuild if you change background.js. This is pretty
-  annoying.
+  Refreshing this inspector should reload the tabfs filesystem, also.
+
+- You need to rebuild in Xcode any time you change background.js
+  (because the extension files are copied into the extension, rather
+  than running directly from folder as in Firefox and Chrome). This is
+  pretty annoying.
 
diff --git a/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFS Extension/SafariWebExtensionHandler.swift b/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFS Extension/SafariWebExtensionHandler.swift
index 75790fa..dc30cc4 100644
--- a/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFS Extension/SafariWebExtensionHandler.swift
+++ b/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFS Extension/SafariWebExtensionHandler.swift
@@ -17,16 +17,20 @@ class SafariWebExtensionHandler: NSObject, NSExtensionRequestHandling {
 
         guard message["op"] as! String == "safari_did_connect" else { return }
 
-        // The XPC service is a subprocess that lives outside the macOS App Sandbox.
+        // The XPC service is a process that can live outside the macOS App Sandbox.
         // (Safari extension native code, including this file, has to live in the sandbox.)
         // It can do forbidden things like spawn tabfs filesystem and set up WebSocket server.
         
-        // We only use one native message to bootstrap the XPC service, then do all communications
-        // to that service (which in turn talks to tabfs.c) over WebSocket instead.
+        // We only use one native message, to bootstrap the XPC service (TabFSService).
+        // Then the XPC service starts TabFSServer. TabFSServer is separate because
+        // XPC services get killed by the OS after a minute or two; TabFSServer
+        // is just a normal process that can live on. It talks straight
+        // to background.js (which in turn talks to tabfs.c) over a WebSocket.
+        
         // (Safari makes doing native messaging quite painful, so we try to avoid it.
         // It forces the browser to pop to front if you message Safari in the obvious way,
         // for instance: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/122232
-        // And with the WebSocket, the XPC service can talk straight to background.js, whereas
+        // And with the WebSocket, the server can talk straight to background.js, whereas
         // native messaging would require us here to sit in the middle.)
 
         let connection = NSXPCConnection(serviceName: "com.rsnous.TabFSService")
@@ -44,8 +48,9 @@ class SafariWebExtensionHandler: NSObject, NSExtensionRequestHandling {
             // FIXME: report port back?
             let response = NSExtensionItem()
             response.userInfo = [ "message": "alive" ]
-            // This response (over native messaging) prompts background.js to
-            // connect to the WebSocket server that the XPC service should now be running.
+            // This response (over native messaging) will prompt background.js to
+            // connect to the WebSocket server of TabFSServer, which should
+            // now be running.
             context.completeRequest(returningItems: [response]) { (what) in
                 print(what)
             }
diff --git a/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFS.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/osnr.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate b/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFS.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/osnr.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
index db4d28a..96586ef 100644
--- a/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFS.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/osnr.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
+++ b/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFS.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/osnr.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
diff --git a/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFSServer/main.swift b/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFSServer/main.swift
index 245bfb1..76da2a0 100644
--- a/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFSServer/main.swift
+++ b/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFSServer/main.swift
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ class TabFSServer {
             func read() {
                 conn.receiveMessage { (resp, context, isComplete, err) in
                     guard let resp = resp else {
-                        // FIXME err
-                        os_log(.default, "resp error: %{public}@", err!.debugDescription as CVarArg)
+                        if let err = err {
+                            os_log(.default, "resp error: %{public}@", err.debugDescription as CVarArg)
+                        }
                         return
                     }
                     
@@ -104,10 +105,10 @@ class TabFSServer {
             }
         }
         
-        // FIXME: notify
-        
+        print("OK")
     }
 }
 
 let server = TabFSServer()
+
 dispatchMain()
diff --git a/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFSService/TabFSService.swift b/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFSService/TabFSService.swift
index 4a86dd6..5bf55ee 100644
--- a/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFSService/TabFSService.swift
+++ b/extension/safari/TabFS/TabFSService/TabFSService.swift
@@ -12,13 +12,36 @@ import os.log
 class TabFSService: NSObject, TabFSServiceProtocol {
     func start(withReply reply: @escaping () -> Void) {
         // This XPC call is enough to just force the XPC service to be started.
-        os_log("HELLO")
+        
+        // kill old copies of TabFSServer
+        let killall = Process()
+        killall.launchPath = "/usr/bin/killall"
+        killall.arguments = ["TabFSServer"]
+        killall.launch()
+        killall.waitUntilExit()
+        
+        // spin until old TabFSServer (if any) is gone
+        while true {
+            let pgrep = Process()
+            pgrep.launchPath = "/usr/bin/pgrep"
+            pgrep.arguments = ["TabFSServer"]
+            pgrep.launch()
+            pgrep.waitUntilExit()
+            if pgrep.terminationStatus != 0 { break }
+            
+            Thread.sleep(forTimeInterval: 0.01)
+        }
+        
         let server = Process()
-        os_log("HOW ARE YOU?")
+        let serverOutput = Pipe()
         server.executableURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "TabFSServer", withExtension: "")!
-        os_log("I AM GOOD")
+        server.standardOutput = serverOutput
         server.launch()
-        os_log("GREAT")
+        
+        // FIXME: should we wait for some signal that the server is ready?
+        // right now, background.js will just periodically retry until it can connect.
+        
+        // tell background.js to try to connect.
         reply()
     }
 }