On 4 Dec, 2013, at 12:05, Jerry Krinock <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013 Dec 04, at 11:22, Damien Sorresso <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Why not just set a relevant environment variable or pass an argument that's >> different in each plist? > > I’ve done that, Damien, but like Norman I have wondered why the job’s > parameters are not more readily available.
Because the launchd.plist is not a preferences container. It's not meant to be a state store. > From a shell, you can run launchctl with the subcommand info, and pass the > job’s label. Yes, but that is only meant for informational purposes; programs should not be making decisions based on that output, and that output is not (and never will be) reflective of the complete contents of the launchd.plist. If you need to modify your program's behavior, you should specify different arguments or a different environment in the plist. That is what those entries are for. -- Damien Sorresso [email protected] > It gives you most of the plist, but not all. WatchPath is one key I recall > which is not included. And, sadly, I don’t think there is any C API > equivalent of launchctl. _______________________________________________ launchd-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/launchd-dev
