[turtle]

So I was planning on configuring a cron job but have been looking into it and seems Apple doesn't like cron anymore and wasn't LaunchDaemons to be used instead. So I went from a cron job to a plist file. It doesn't seem to be working though. Am I missing something?
makemcmap10.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>Label</key>  <string>makemap.command</string>  <key>UserName</key>  <string>Tony</string>  <key>Program</key>  <string>/Users/Tony/Dropbox/minecraft/Tectonicus/makemap.command</string>  <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>  <dict>    <key>Minute</key>    <integer>1</integer>    <key>Hour</key>    <integer>10</integer>  </dict>  <key>Debug</key>  <false/>  <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>  <true/></dict></plist>

So the .command file is a bash script that I normally run by manually clicking. Should I change this to .sh for the sake of this launchd process? What am I missing?

What I really want is the script to run every 6 hours at 3,9,15,21.

[chucker]

How did you load it?

[turtle]

Originally Posted by chucker How did you load it?

Well, your question made me think.

I stuck it in the LaunchDaemons folder.

I didn't reboot or anything that would initiate the system to look at it or load it for later running. Are you thinking this is my problem?

Also, how about making it run 4 times a day.

[chucker]

Use 'launchctl load -w filenamegoeshere'. The -w marks it as permanently enabled (rather than loaded as a one-shot thing).

To run it 4 times a day, get rid of the StartCalendarInterval and instead set the StartInterval to 21600 (seconds in a fourth of a day).

[turtle]

Made the change and loaded per your command. I'll let you know how it turns out. I have my script make log entries so I can see what makes it through and what fails.

So, when are you going to finally join us in Minecraft?

[chucker]

As I'm sure Capella will attest to, the last thing I need right now is another addiction.

[turtle]

So this is what I now have:

<?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>Label</key>	<string>makemap.command</string>	<key>UserName</key>	<string>Tony</string>	<key>Program</key>	<string>/Users/Tony/Dropbox/minecraft/Tectonicus/makemap.command</string>	<key>StartInterval</key>	<integer>21600</integer>	<key>Debug</key>	<false/>	<key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>	<true/></dict></plist>

I ran the command as you said and it's working great! Thank you very much for you help chucker.

But it's sooooo good chucker. You can stop any time.

[chucker]

Originally Posted by turtle You can stop any time.

Glad to have helped.

[turtle]

So I modified the plist again because the vote was to make it only run twice a day rather than the four times a day. My plist is now this as given by a code generator site:

<?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>Label</key>	<string>makemcmap.plist</string>	<key>UserName</key>	<string>Tony</string>	<key>Program</key>	<string>/Volumes/Closet/Dropbox/mc/Tectonicus/makemap.command</string>	<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>	<array>		<dict>			<key>Hour</key>			<integer>3</integer>		</dict>		<dict>			<key>Hour</key>			<integer>15</integer>		</dict>	</array></dict></plist>

Thing is for some reason it's running four times still.

Excerpt from my logs:

******************* Beginning Process ******************* Tue Jun 5 03:00:09 EDT 2012Backup Script Started,  Tue Jun 5 03:00:09 EDT 2012     Backup Script Completed,  Tue Jun 5 03:00:23 EDT 2012Getting backup,  Tue Jun 5 03:00:23 EDT 2012     Backup world.tgz downloaded,  Tue Jun 5 03:00:39 EDT 2012Expanding world files,  Tue Jun 5 03:00:39 EDT 2012     World files expanded,  Tue Jun 5 03:00:49 EDT 2012Tectnoicus Generation Started,  Tue Jun 5 03:00:49 EDT 2012     Tectnoicus Generation Completed,  Tue Jun 5 04:43:49 EDT 2012Starting to copy map components to server,  Tue Jun 5 04:43:49 EDT 2012     Maint index.html copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 04:43:50 EDT 2012     Images copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 04:43:51 EDT 2012     Scripts copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 04:43:51 EDT 2012Starting to copy map data to server,  Tue Jun 5 04:43:51 EDT 2012     Maps copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 05:53:34 EDT 2012Active index.html copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 05:53:34 EDT 2012Maps back online,  Tue Jun 5 05:53:34 EDT 2012rsync exchange completed,  Tue Jun 5 05:53:34 EDT 2012Removed expanded world dir,  Tue Jun 5 05:53:34 EDT 2012******************* Completed Process ******************* Tue Jun 5 05:53:34 EDT 2012******************* Beginning Process ******************* Tue Jun 5 05:53:34 EDT 2012Backup Script Started,  Tue Jun 5 05:53:34 EDT 2012     Backup Script Completed,  Tue Jun 5 05:53:49 EDT 2012Getting backup,  Tue Jun 5 05:53:49 EDT 2012     Backup world.tgz downloaded,  Tue Jun 5 05:54:05 EDT 2012Expanding world files,  Tue Jun 5 05:54:05 EDT 2012     World files expanded,  Tue Jun 5 05:54:15 EDT 2012Tectnoicus Generation Started,  Tue Jun 5 05:54:15 EDT 2012     Tectnoicus Generation Completed,  Tue Jun 5 07:00:04 EDT 2012Starting to copy map components to server,  Tue Jun 5 07:00:04 EDT 2012     Maint index.html copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 07:00:04 EDT 2012     Images copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 07:00:05 EDT 2012     Scripts copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 07:00:05 EDT 2012Starting to copy map data to server,  Tue Jun 5 07:00:05 EDT 2012     Maps copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 07:49:57 EDT 2012Active index.html copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 07:49:57 EDT 2012Maps back online,  Tue Jun 5 07:49:57 EDT 2012rsync exchange completed,  Tue Jun 5 07:49:57 EDT 2012Removed expanded world dir,  Tue Jun 5 07:49:58 EDT 2012******************* Completed Process ******************* Tue Jun 5 07:49:58 EDT 2012******************* Beginning Process ******************* Tue Jun 5 15:00:00 EDT 2012Backup Script Started,  Tue Jun 5 15:00:00 EDT 2012     Backup Script Completed,  Tue Jun 5 15:00:14 EDT 2012Getting backup,  Tue Jun 5 15:00:14 EDT 2012     Backup world.tgz downloaded,  Tue Jun 5 15:00:30 EDT 2012Expanding world files,  Tue Jun 5 15:00:30 EDT 2012     World files expanded,  Tue Jun 5 15:00:40 EDT 2012Tectnoicus Generation Started,  Tue Jun 5 15:00:40 EDT 2012     Tectnoicus Generation Completed,  Tue Jun 5 16:18:50 EDT 2012Starting to copy map components to server,  Tue Jun 5 16:18:50 EDT 2012     Maint index.html copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 16:18:51 EDT 2012     Images copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 16:18:51 EDT 2012     Scripts copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 16:18:52 EDT 2012Starting to copy map data to server,  Tue Jun 5 16:18:52 EDT 2012     Maps copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:22 EDT 2012Active index.html copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:22 EDT 2012Maps back online,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:22 EDT 2012rsync exchange completed,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:22 EDT 2012Removed expanded world dir,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:22 EDT 2012******************* Completed Process ******************* Tue Jun 5 17:23:22 EDT 2012******************* Beginning Process ******************* Tue Jun 5 17:23:22 EDT 2012Backup Script Started,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:22 EDT 2012     Backup Script Completed,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:36 EDT 2012Getting backup,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:36 EDT 2012     Backup world.tgz downloaded,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:50 EDT 2012Expanding world files,  Tue Jun 5 17:23:50 EDT 2012     World files expanded,  Tue Jun 5 17:24:05 EDT 2012Tectnoicus Generation Started,  Tue Jun 5 17:24:05 EDT 2012     Tectnoicus Generation Completed,  Tue Jun 5 18:27:47 EDT 2012Starting to copy map components to server,  Tue Jun 5 18:27:47 EDT 2012     Maint index.html copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 18:27:47 EDT 2012     Images copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 18:27:48 EDT 2012     Scripts copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 18:27:48 EDT 2012Starting to copy map data to server,  Tue Jun 5 18:27:48 EDT 2012     Maps copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 19:26:07 EDT 2012Active index.html copied to server,  Tue Jun 5 19:26:07 EDT 2012Maps back online,  Tue Jun 5 19:26:07 EDT 2012rsync exchange completed,  Tue Jun 5 19:26:07 EDT 2012Removed expanded world dir,  Tue Jun 5 19:26:07 EDT 2012******************* Completed Process ******************* Tue Jun 5 19:26:07 EDT 2012

So as you can see, it run the process right on schedule for the 3am and 3pm but then runs it again right after each one runs. Is there some command I'm missing from my code?

Also, with launchd, is there a way I can make it so I don't have to reload after each reboot of the machine? As it is now, if the machine reboots I have to manually reload the plist.