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genevish · Oct 26, 2004, 10:15 PM

I'm trying to create a simple startup item. I have a folder called "GmailPOPd" in the /Library/StartupItems/ directory. Inside that are the following:

Code:
-rwxr-xr--  1 root   wheel   GmailPOPd
drwxr-xr-x  4 root   wheel   Resources
-rw-r--r--  1 root   wheel    StartupParameters.plist

The GmailPOPd file has:

Code:
#!/bin/sh

. /etc/rc.common

ConsoleMessage "Starting GmailPOPd..."
/Library/Application Support/GmailPOPd

The StartupParameters.plist file has:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Description</key>
        <string>GMail POPd</string>
        <key>OrderPreference</key>
        <string>None</string>
        <key>Provides</key>
        <array>
                <string>GMail POPd</string>
        </array>
        <key>Uses</key>
        <array>
                <string>Network</string>
                <string>Resolver</string>
        </array>
</dict>
</plist>

And the script is in /Library/Application Support. When I try to start it from the command line I get:

Code:
scott$ sudo SystemStarter start GmailPOPd 
Welcome to Macintosh.
Unknown service: GmailPOPd
Hangup

I must admit, I don't quite understand what all the pieces are supposed to do, and I'm not finding much help on the net. the best I've found is on Apples Developer site, but it's much more complex than I need.