[launchd-dev] Disabled in com.apple.periodic-daily.plist

Dave Zarzycki zarzycki at apple.com
Fri Nov 2 06:48:09 PDT 2007


On Nov 2, 2007, at 5:41 AM, kilian_s at gmx.de wrote:

> Hi,
>
> sorry I was confused by using some GUI editor for lauchd plist files.
>
> Am 29.10.2007 um 08:23 schrieb Kevin Van Vechten:
>
>> On Oct 29, 2007, at 12:09 AM, ksprotte wrote:
>>
>>> I have seen a lot of talk about using launchd to run the periodic  
>>> jobs.
>>> However, I could not find a comment about the Disabled flag. It  
>>> seems
>>> that in the com.apple.periodic-daily.plist the Disabled flag is  
>>> true by
>>> default.
>>
>> com.apple.periodic-daily.plist does not contain the Disabled key on  
>> my Leopard system.  Which system (`sw_vers -buildVersion`) are you  
>> seeing this on?
>>
>
> In fact my file contains:
>
> 	<key>Disabled</key>
> 	<false/>
>
> I still have the impression that the periodic jobs are not executed  
> - I am talking about not having my machine switched on over night.  
> But I think I might still expect these jobs to be done, when I  
> switch it on...

Power on? Or wake from sleep?

If it is the former, we are aware of that bug, and we hope to (but  
cannot promise to) fix it in release after Leopard.

davez


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