Plist and launchd

Question

Hi,
Sorry if this topic is already treated but my english is bad...
I have modified the following plist file:
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-daily StartCalendarInterval -dict Hour 2 Minute -int 45"
The file is modified, but doesn't run the script. Perhaps relaunch launchd? How make that?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Titanium,
   It's impossible to do debugging without any information. Is there anything in the log files, particularly /var/log/daily.out and /var/log/system.log, at the time the job should run?
   One thing occurs to me that I didn't notice this morning. (it was early here) Your command specifies a data type for the minutes but not the hours. The default data type is string so maybe launchd doesn't understand the time. Try the command:
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-daily StartCalendarInterval -dict Hour -int 2 Minute -int 45
   Also, I think you must load the job at least an hour before the job is supposed to run. I don't believe that's documented but we've noticed a problem with loading the job too close to the time it's supposed to run.
Gary
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