[erlang-questions] anybody know how to start erlang (cowboy) with launchd on mac.

[Tony Rogvall]

Here is the plist need to start rfzone, I guess you can modify it to start your stuff.

( I probably stole it from somewhere :-)

/Tony

<?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>se.seazone.rfzone</string>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
      <key>DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH</key>
      <string>/opt/local/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH</string>
      <key>ERL_LIBS</key>
      <string>/Users/%USER%/erlang</string>
    </dict>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/opt/local/bin/erl</string>
      <string>+Bd</string>
      <string>-noinput</string>
      <string>-config</string>
      <string>/Users/%USER%/erlang/rfzone/sys</string>
      <string>-sname</string>
      <string>telld</string>
      <string>-s</string>
      <string>rfzone</string>
    </array>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>%USER%</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/dev/null</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/dev/null</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
  </dict>
</plist>





On 22 feb 2013, at 19:31, Joe Armstrong <erlang@REDACTED> wrote:

> This is a mac mountain lion specific question
> 
> The subject line says it all.
> 
> 1) I give some magic command
> 
> > launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/joe.experiment.plist
> 
> This launches erlang/cowboy "on demand"
> 
> 2) I fetch a web page from "http://localhost:11234"
> 
> Erlang starts and starts cowboy
> 
> Anybody know what the magic stuff in joe.experiments.plist is?
>     
> Cheers
> 
> /Joe
> 
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