launchd dnsmasq job

On 2007-05-16 11:40:17 +0100, Tom Stiller <tomstiller.RemoveThis@comcast.net> said:

> In article <200705161050438930-rotto.RemoveThis@fe06.highwinds-media.phx>,
> Rotto <rotto.RemoveThis@cubicle4.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking to start dnsmasq (dns cache) using a launchd job. It's just
>> a binary (without arguments), that can be started manually by executing
>> ' /opt/local/sbin/dnsmasq' as root. It forks into the background when
>> started.
>>
>> Could anyone show me what the content of my .plist should be?
>
> Get the freeware plist construction tool, Lingon, from VersionTracker
> <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28365>.

Looks good, thanks.
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In article <2007051611480011272-rotto.RemoveThis@fe06.highwinds-media.phx>,
Rotto <rotto.RemoveThis@cubicle4.com> wrote:

> On 2007-05-16 11:40:17 +0100, Tom Stiller <tomstiller.RemoveThis@comcast.net> said:
>
> > In article <200705161050438930-rotto.RemoveThis@fe06.highwinds-media.phx>,
> > Rotto <rotto.RemoveThis@cubicle4.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm looking to start dnsmasq (dns cache) using a launchd job. It's just
> >> a binary (without arguments), that can be started manually by executing
> >> ' /opt/local/sbin/dnsmasq' as root. It forks into the background when
> >> started.
> >>
> >> Could anyone show me what the content of my .plist should be?
> >
> > Get the freeware plist construction tool, Lingon, from VersionTracker
> > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28365>.
>
> Looks good, thanks.

I missed the "forks into the background" part on first reading. Read the
restrictions in the section 5 man page for launchd.plist

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On 2007-05-16 12:18:37 +0100, Tom Stiller <tomstiller.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> said:

> In article <2007051611480011272-rotto.TakeThisOut@fe06.highwinds-media.phx>,
> Rotto <rotto.TakeThisOut@cubicle4.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2007-05-16 11:40:17 +0100, Tom Stiller <tomstiller.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> said:
>>
>>> In article <200705161050438930-rotto.TakeThisOut@fe06.highwinds-media.phx>,
>>> Rotto <rotto.TakeThisOut@cubicle4.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm looking to start dnsmasq (dns cache) using a launchd job. It's just
>>>> a binary (without arguments), that can be started manually by executing
>>>> ' /opt/local/sbin/dnsmasq' as root. It forks into the background when
>>>> started.
>>>>
>>>> Could anyone show me what the content of my .plist should be?
>>>
>>> Get the freeware plist construction tool, Lingon, from VersionTracker
>>> <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28365>.
>>
>> Looks good, thanks.
>
> I missed the "forks into the background" part on first reading. Read the
> restrictions in the section 5 man page for launchd.plist

Ah, of course. The man page says there's a --keep-in-foreground (-k)
option, should have looked at that. Thanks.
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