[CalendarServer-users] LaunchAgent?

[Scott Haneda]

On Nov 21, 2009, at 2:17 AM, Ralf Höling wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i just setup a DCS on a Leopard Client System in my user-folder and  
> it works fine. The only problem is that I have to start the server  
> by hand; the launch-agent doesn't work and the run-script doesn't  
> look like described in
> <http://tobyrush.blogspot.com/2007/11/dummies-guide-to-darwin-calendar-server.html 
> >
> so I'm not able to make the changes, described there. On Konsole I  
> get the following error-message:
>
> 21.11.09 11:05:27 org.apple.calendar[184] /Users/ralf/Kalender/ 
> CalendarServer/run: line 38: support/build.sh: No such file or  
> directory
> 21.11.09 11:05:27 com.apple.launchd[159] (org.apple.calendar[184])  
> Exited with exit code: 1
>
> Is there any possibility for creating a working LaunchAgent or  
> startup-item?

You can start correctly from the command line with no trouble?  Have  
you made a launchd item before?  About the only thing you need to be  
careful about is >> redirection and pipes and such:

appame >> some_log_file.txt
appname | grep foo >> some_log_file.txt

Both those are problematic and will need special care.

Otherwise, you jsut take your command that works in the shell, and set  
it in a plist, set your start schedile etc.  Look to Lingon to make it  
dead easy to make on your own.

I would do something like
cd /path/to/DCS; ./run -d
That is the command, there will be about 10 more lines to control a  
few other things, but Lingon can put them all in for you.

Or, as I most often do, use an existing plist as a template, make a  
copy, and load it in.
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