Launched - A Plist Generator

Basics

Name Prefixed with launched. Command Runs with sh -c

Schedule

You can run your command at a regular interval and/or a schedule defined with cron-style expressions like <number>,<number>,..., <start>-<end>, and */<interval>. * on empty fields is implied if any other cron field is set.

Start interval Run at this interval (seconds)

Minute 0-59 Hour 0-23 Day of month 1-31 Month 1-12 Weekday 0-6

Daemon

If not scheduled, you can choose to run this other ways:

Run at load Restart after crashes (implies run at load) Start when any filesystem is mounted

Queue directories Comma-separated list of directories. Job will run as long as these directories are not empty.

Saved plists may be stored indefinitely, and anyone with the link to one can read all of it including the command and environment below. Don't put passwords, API tokens, or other secrets here. Have your command read them from a file or the keychain instead.

Environment Environment variables, one per line, in NAME=value format

User Run as this user Group and/or this group

Working directory Run in this working directory Root directory Run with chroot in this directory

Standard out path Log standard out to this path Standard error path Log standard error to this path