site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Is this something one could do with trivial wrappers, at least? An ordering wrapper that allowed an admin to avoid touching a third-party program would be awfully cool. * touches a file in /var/run to declare that it has started (provides) * launches on demand when some file in /var/run appears (requires) -pmb _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... At 12:16 PM -0500 6/2/06, Peter Seebach wrote: Absolutely. For about the same amount of effort it takes to wrap a generic UNIX daemon into a Mac OS X specific StartupItem, or a linux specific rc.d script, you could create a launchd wrapper that: Ta-da, now you have 90% of what StartupItems do. The other 10% is just more of the same, but for shutdown, etc... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com