[OS X Version] Add SABnzbd+ menu option to add launchd .plist

[hanzo]

I would like SABnzbd+ to launch when my OS X system boots (independent of a user logging in, as a daemon).

The only way I am aware of to do this is by creating a launch .plist , which I haven't had great success with.
It would be quite nice if I could launch the SABnzbd.app and from the finder bar choose an option to run at boot, which would handle installing the .plist for me with correct settings.

FWIW, I haven't had a chance to test this yet, but I think I've finally got this sorted out:

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<?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>GroupName</key>
        <string>admin</string>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.sabnzbd.daemon</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/Library/Logs/sabnzbd/error.log</string>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/Library/Logs/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.log</string>
        <key>UserName</key>
        <string>hanzo</string>
        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
        <string>/Users/hanzo</string>
</dict>
</plist>

This is stored in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sabnzbd.daemon.plist

[rAf]

Never tried this, I'll try to find a way.

[rAf]

I've managed to get it work.

This is the plist I've used :

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<?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>com.sabnzbd.daemon</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd</string>
		<string>-f</string>
		<string>/Users/#YOURUSERNAME#/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini</string>
	</array>
	<key>UserName</key>
	<string>#YOURUSERNAME</string>
	<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
	<string>/Users/#YOURUSERNAME</string>
	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
	<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

This is stored in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sabnzbd.daemon.plist

The root user should be owner of the plist :

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sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sabnzbd.daemon.plist

The service need to be registered :

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sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sabnzbd.daemon.plist

If you want to unregister replace load by unload.

I hope this will work for you.

Daemons are not usually used for GUI apps, it's working but you don't have access to the menuicon anymore...
For most users, launching SABnzbd at user logging is more appropriate.

[hanzo]

Fantastic.

I realize that for most users, this is a non-issue.

But I'm running a headless box and I don't want to enable auto-login

Thanks rAF!