Re: Helper tool
Re: Helper tool
- Subject: Re: Helper tool
- From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:10:23 -0500
On Sep 13, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Charles Srstka <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Sep 13, 2013, at 8:47 AM, "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I have a helper tool (started via SMJobBless from the main app).
>>
>> Its launchd.plist contains (no idea why, probably I copied this from some sample code):
>> LaunchOnlyOnce = YES
>> RunAtLoad = YES
>> OnDemand = NO
>>
>> The problem: it runs even when the the main app has never asked it to run.
>> Obviously it gets started automatically on login (or even directly after reboot?).
>
> The problem, obviously, that you don't want those options. Just get rid of all of them and the default values should be fine for what you want to do. My launchd.plist just looks like this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
> <plist version="1.0">
> <dict>
> <key>label</key>
> <string>com.foo.MyGreatApp</string>
> <key>MachServices</key>
> <dict>
> <key>com.foo.MyGreatApp.helper</key>
> <true/>
> </dict>
> <key>ProgramArguments</key>
> <array>
> <string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.foo.MyGreatApp.helper</string>
> </array>
> </dict>
> </plist>
>
> Charles
I should add that if you want to see what all the available options are for launchd.plist, you can get a nice description of them by typing "man launchd.plist" in the Terminal.
Charles
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