[launchd-dev] User agent modified file check for all users?

[Galen Sprague]

On 1/29/08 8:21 PM, "Dave Zarzycki" <zarzycki at apple.com> wrote:

> On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Galen Sprague wrote:
>> On 1/29/08 4:07 PM, "Dave Zarzycki" <zarzycki at apple.com> wrote:
>>> On Jan 29, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Galen Sprague wrote:
>>>> On 1/29/08 3:19 PM, "Dave Zarzycki" <zarzycki at apple.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Jan 29, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Nathan Duran wrote:
>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:40 AM, Galen Sprague wrote:
>>>>>>> I had a question about creating a User Agent for multiple users
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> Lingon.  Is there a way to set the When:Run it if this file is
>>>>>>> modified as: ~/Library/Preferences/com.systempreferences.plist
>>>>>>> instead of /Users/loggedInUser/LibraryPreferences/
>>>>>>> com.apple.systempreferences.plist? It doesn¹t seem to recognize
>>>>>>> ~/
>>>>>>> Library
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This way my terminal command will run if any User¹s
>>>>>>> com.apple.systempreferences.plist is modified.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I can't really imagine this being possible. How is launchd
>>>>>> supposed
>>>>>> to know which user's directory the tilde should be expanded into
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> any given moment considering the fact that multiple users can be
>>>>>> logged in concurrently?
>>>>> 
>>>>> There is one launchd per user, so in theory, it shouldn't be hard.
>>>>> Unfortunately, the "~" magic doesn't work for WatchPaths at the
>>>>> moment. Feel free to file a bug,
>>>> 
>>>> I have also tried adding multiple WatchPaths by editing the .plist
>>>> file but
>>>> it only seems to use the first WatchPath, is there away around
>>>> this?  Do I
>>>> need to create another attribute so it watches more than one path?
>>> 
>>> Can you please supply an example configuration file?
>>> 
>> Here you go...
>> 
>> <example.zip>
> 
> Where are you installing this configuration file?
> 
/Library/LaunchAgents/