[launchd-dev] launchd and watchpath

[Dave Zarzycki]

Don,

What you are proposing is inherently fragile due to race conditions.  
Please pursue the ACL option further if you care about reliability.  
Thanks!

davez


On Jun 8, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:

> Of course I meant "Instead of ACL's"
>
> -Don
>
> Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:07:33 -0400
>> From: Don Montalvo <donmontalvo at mac.com>
>> Subject: [launchd-dev] launchd and watchpath
>> To: launchd-dev at lists.macosforge.org
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>> We would like to set up a folder on our Macs that forces incoming
>> files/folders to inherit permissions. Instead of ADL's, we'd like to
>> use launchd (and watchpath). I'm not familiar with launchd, so I  
>> think
>> this would be a good way to get my feet wet.
>>
>> The shared folder would be:
>>
>> 	/Users/Shared/WORK
>>
>> Each user would have an alias to it on their Desktop (created via
>> logout hook):
>>
>> 	~/Desktop/WORK
>>
>> How can I set up launchd to watch this folder and ensure the contents
>> are always set to 777? I don't have experience with launchd. I toyed
>> with it in early Tiger days but there were issues with user launchd  
>> so
>> I gave it up and stuck with cron. I understand launchd works as
>> advertised on Leopard. Hoping it can help with this little  
>> project. :)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don
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