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Re: How to add a URL-tile to the Dock from an Installer?

The script works great when executed from the command line, though naturally the hard-coded user path needs to scoot. Here's the script:

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#!/bin/bash

defaults write /Users/jay/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>label</key><string>http://www.heynow.com</string><key>url</key><dict><key>_CFURLString</key><string>http://www.heynow.com</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>15</integer></dict></dict><key>tile-type</key><string>url-tile</string></dict>'

killall -HUP Dock
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The problem I'm running into is when I try to use the above within my PackageMaker's postinstall script. What occurs is the entire com.apple.dock.plist file gets reset to the factory default.

I have seen this before when exploring a script to add to the Dock. I don't remember the details, but I recall that there was a big difference if the script was executed as the user compared to root. I think if the same command is done using sudo then the users dock plist gets replaced with the factory default. My gut tells me that the clue to your problem is in this somewhere.

Good luck,
Gregory Clarke
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