[launchd-dev] Job is terminated before the daemon

16 Oct 2012

      I have a launchd on-demand job that is triggered on network access. The plist
looks like this:

<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.kulakov.vm.development</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>_omitted_</array>
    <key>inetdCompatibility</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Wait</key>
        <false/>
    </dict>
    <key>Sockets</key>
    <dict>
        <key>NetworkListener</key>
        <dict>
            <key>SockServiceName</key>
            <string>5906</string>
            <key>SockType</key>
            <string>stream</string>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

The program is essentially a bash script that looks like this:

#!/bin/bash
nc -w 300 some_ip 5907

At this point, I expect that when a packet comes to the 5906, tcp proxy
using nc will be started and the job keep running until nc returns.
Unfortunately the job is killed before nc returns. When new connection is
made to 5906, the script is restarted.

Is it intended to work like this?

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[launchd-dev] Job is terminated before the daemon

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