macOS Run a command on start up 1 time

[quanganhct]

Hello,

Here is my issue. I wanna run my script QAScript.sh on start up. So I follow every steps I found out ( abour launchd)

This is my plist file :

<?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>Label</key>
    <string>QAScript</string> <!-- org.mongodb.mongodb perhaps? -->

    <key>OnDemand</key>
    <false/>

    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>nguyenquanganh</string>

    <key>GroupName</key>
    <string>staff</string>

    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    	<string>/Users/nguyenquanganh/QAScript.sh</string>
    	<string>-</string>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

However, I want that my script executed only one time, but it seem that it was executed continuously. So, Is there any way to make it fired just one time on start up ? Thanks a lot

 

[kainjow]

OnDemand is deprecated, try replacing it with KeepAlive.

 

[chown33]

OnDemand is the wrong key for launching once. The correct key is RunAtLoad.

Quoting from the man page for launchd.plist:

RunAtLoad <boolean>
This optional key is used to control whether your job is launched once at
the time the job is loaded. The default is false.
​

 

[larkost]

Your <label> should exactly match the filename of the plist, minus the '.plist' at the end. Otherwise you can get launchd very confused and unable to unload or reload your item.

 

[quanganhct]

I tried KeepALive = false too, but it's still not working.

 

[subsonix]

If you just want your script to run once every time you log in, you can add it to login items in system preferences / accounts and forget about launchd.