launchd-plist 2019.4.13

launchd.plist class

Installation

$ [sudo] pip install launchd-plist

Features

• Capitalized attrs and properties identified as launchd.plist keys (custom keys also supported)

Classes

class	__doc__
launchd_plist.Plist	launchd.plist class

Functions

function	__doc__
launchd_plist.read(path)	return a dictionary with a plist file data
launchd_plist.update(path, **kwargs)	update a plist file
launchd_plist.write(path, data)	write a dictionary to a plist file

Examples

>>> class MyPlist(launchd_plist.Plist):
    Label = "MyPlist"
    StartInterval = 1
    Custom_key = "works"

    @property
    def StandardErrorPath(self):
        return os.path.expanduser("~/Logs/LaunchAgents/%s/err.log" % self.Label)

>>> MyPlist().create('launchd.plist')

launchd.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Custom_key</key>
    <string>works for Capitalized keys!</string>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>MyPlist</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/Users/russianidiot/Logs/LaunchAgents/MyPlist/err.log</string>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

Related projects

• launchd-env - launchd.plist environment variables
• launchd-exec - execute script via launchd
• launchd-generator - launchd.plist generator
• launchd-logs - launchd.plist logs
• launchctl.py - launchctl python interface
• launchd-plist.py - launchd.plist class

Links

• launchd.plist

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