Startup item and PackageMaker

Question

I have a script which can wake a daemon up. I want to make a installation package which can install my applicatoin, daemon and create a startupitems to run that script to execute daemon when machine's startup. Any idea how can I do it in packagemaker. thank you!

Answer 1

You do not need a binary. Just the directory with the plist and script.
Create a directory:
/System/Library/StartupItems/amavisdstarter
Create a script called /System/Library/StartupItems/amavisdstarter/amavisdstarter with roughly the following contents (adjust to your needs):
#!/bin/sh
# amavisd startup item
. /etc/rc.common
StartService ()
/usr/bin/amavisd plusyour_parameters_as_you_usethem;
StopService ()
if [ -f /path/to/your/amavisd.pidfile ]; then
kill `cat /path/to/your/amavisd.pidfile` && rm -f /path/to/your/amavisd.pidfile
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo done. || echo failed.
else
echo not running.
fi
RestartService ()
StopService
sleep 1
StartService
RunService "$1"
Next create /System/Library/StartupItems/amavisdstarter/StartupParameters.plist:
Description = "amavisd content filter";
Provides = ("amavisd filter");
To manually start|stop amavisd issue:
/System/Library/StartupItems/amavisdstarter/amavisdstarter start|stop
It will start automatically on reboot.
HTH,
Alex
P.S. Not sure why the board mangles this. Instad of http... enclose "-f /path/to/your/amavisd.pidfile " and "$RETVAL -eq 0 " in square brackets
Message was edited by: pterobyte