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Persistent Perl Script on Startup
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Filmo
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Sep 19, 2005, 09:19 PM
 
I've got a Perl script that needs to run continuously on a OS X machine, launching at start up.

How do I set it up so that it runs in the background as a process after the machine boots. No human interaction needed or wanted.

Thanks. (I'm sure it's rather simple, but I've not done it on OS X)
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Dair Grant
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Sep 20, 2005, 07:48 AM
 
You need to create a StartupItem - see http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/ma...1/startup.html
     
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Sep 21, 2005, 05:42 AM
 
As of 10.4, StartupItems are being replaced with launchd LaunchDaemons
     
   
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