site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Hello, Here's what I'm doing... I'm using PackageMaker 3 and targeting OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and later. #!/usr/bin/env bash echo $SCRIPT_NAME: launching ApplicationAgent exit 0 Regards, Dave ------ David Kennedy (http://www.zenopolis.com) _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... My new application includes a User Agent. I want to give the user the option to install this application in the system domain or the user domain. My second requirement was that the installer launches the Agent without a system restart or logout. My problem is, that I don't know how to get the Installer to appropriately set up the Agent's Property List in the User Domain. I was hoping that there was someone on this list that had already achieved this, and give some pointers on if I'm taking the right approach or not. I'm new to Install topics and Unix scripting. * Currently I'm installing the Application and the Agent in the Application directory of the relevant domain. * The Agent Property List "com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist" is as follows: <?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.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent</string> <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/> <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>/Users/Name/Desktop/stderror.txt</string> <key>StandardOutPath</key> <string>/Users/Name/Desktop/stdout.txt</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>-ROOTPREFIX-/Applications/ApplicationAgent.app/Contents/ MacOS/ApplicationAgent</string> </array> </dict> </plist> * The Agent Property List is being placed in the Library/LaunchAgents directory of the relevant domain. * The Agent Property List file permissions are set to root/wheel and 644 in the installer. * To replace the -ROOTPREFIX- string (and launch the Agent) I use the following script: if test -e ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist; then perl -pi -e 's/-ROOTPREFIX-/$HOME/' ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist chown root:wheel ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist chmod 644 ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist elif test -e /Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist; then perl -pi -e 's/-ROOTPREFIX-//' /Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist fi * For the User Domain, the perl command does not work. The result for this is the path "/Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist". What I was attempting to get was the path "/Users/username/Library/LaunchAgents/ com.zenopolis.ApplicationAgent.plist". Is this general approach correct? Do I just need to keep searching and work out the right scripting voodoo? Or is this likely to be a dead end anyway? Are any of you tackling this same requirements in a completely different way? The following two attempts lead me to believe that I needed to set an absolute path in the Application Agent Property List: * I've tried replacing -ROOTPREFIX- for the User Domain with "~". The console showed the error: posix_spawnp("~/Applications/ ApplicationAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ApplicationAgent", ...): No such file or directory. * I've also tried making the ProgramArguments value in the Agent Property List a relative path (../../Applications/ApplicationAgent.app/ Contents/MacOS/ApplicationAgent), but this did not work in the User Domain. The console showed the error: posix_spawnp("../../Applications/ ApplicationAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ApplicationAgent", ...): No such file or directory. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com