[launchd-dev] What does the "_dirty" key mean?

Damien Sorresso dsorresso at apple.com
Mon Mar 7 08:46:28 PST 2016


Hey Axel,

launchd periodically synchronizes the disabled dictionary to disk, and it will only actually do that if the "_dirty" key is set in that dictionary. Once written, the key is removed.
-damien

> On 4 Mar, 2016, at 04:22, Axel Luttgens <axel.luttgens at skynet.be> wrote:
> 
> (sorry, forgot to correctly fill the "To:" field)
> 
> 
>> Le 3 mars 2016 à 17:04, Damien Sorresso a écrit :
>> 
>> It’s a hack; you can just ignore it.
> 
> Hello Damien,
> 
> Kind of relief, thus. ;-)
> 
> Just out of curiosity, could you explain a little further what kind of "hack" it is about?
> 
> 
>> Better yet, file a Radar against launchd to not print that key in the output.
> 
> Done (#24972777).
> 
> 
> Thanks for your follow-up,
> Axel
> 
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