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= Launchd Plist Example

In this example, we edit an Apple Launchd plist, to modify a couple of the keys and write them back to the same file. For setting the plist file attributes see {Plist4r::Plist}. For more information specifically about Launchd Plists, see {Plist4r::PlistType::Launchd}.

  # standard method
  launchd_plist = Plist4r.open "/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mydomain.MyApp.plist"
  launchd_plist[:label] # => "com.mydomain.Myapp"
  launchd_plist[:start_on_mount] = true
  launchd_plist.save

  # block method
  launchd_plist = Plist4r.open "/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mydomain.MyApp.plist" do

    # plist attributes
    filename    # => "/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mydomain.MyApp.plist"
    file_format # => :xml
    plist_type  # => :launchd

    # read
    label             # => "com.mydomain.Myapp"
    program_arguments # => ["/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp"]
    queue_directories # => ["/dir/to/watch/1","/dir/to/watch/2","etc..."]
    run_at_load    # => false
    start_on_mount # => false

    # write
    run_at_load true
    store "StartOnMount" true
    
    # call launchd_plist.save
    save
  end

Version data entries

5 entries across 5 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
plist4r-1.1.2	lib/plist4r/docs/LaunchdPlistExample.rdoc
plist4r-1.1.1	lib/plist4r/docs/LaunchdPlistExample.rdoc
plist4r-1.1.0	lib/plist4r/docs/LaunchdPlistExample.rdoc
plist4r-1.0.1	lib/plist4r/docs/LaunchdPlistExample.rdoc
plist4r-1.0.0	lib/plist4r/docs/LaunchdPlistExample.rdoc