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Reputation: 1

Mac run shell script startup

I have a plist file that should start a shell script on startup.

<?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.app.localclient</string>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>~/Documents/Local_client/Server.sh</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

I've saved the plist file as com.app.localclient.plist and have tested the shell script which works fine. When I try to load the script with launchctl load com.app.localclient.plist, it loads the plist but does not start the shell script. I've also changed the Program parameter ~ to /Users/username/, but with no succes. Is there a way to make the plist start the shell script and can this be done without knowing the username of where the script is saved (so by using ~ in the path).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1472

Answers (1)

Mark Setchell
Mark Setchell

Reputation: 207465

Maybe try running a shell as that will know your $HOME:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>bash</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>"$HOME/Documents/Local_client/Server.sh"</string>
</array>

In order to debug this, please try:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>bash</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>"echo hi > /tmp/DEBUG.txt"</string>
</array>

and see if /tmp/DEBUG.txt exists afterwards. If that works, try making the last string

"/usr/bin/whoami > /tmp/DEBUG.txt"

and then see what is in /tmp/DEBUG.txt

Upvotes: 2

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