launchdpy

OSX's launchd communicator. (Communicate with launchd from python).

Dependencies

• Place launch.py in the same directory as launchdpy.py

Example 1: List a single job's info

import launchpy

job = launchpy.launchMsg({"GetJob": "com.apple.geod"}) #assuming com.apple.geod is our target job
print(job)

Example 2: Imitate launchctl

import launchpy

jobs = launchpy.launchMsg("GetJobs")
for label in jobs:
    PID = "?"
    LastExitStatus = "?"
    if "PID" in jobs[label]:
        PID = jobs[label]["PID"]
    if "LastExitStatus" in jobs[label]:
        LastExitStatus = jobs[label]["LastExitStatus"]
    print(PID, "\t", LastExitStatus, "\t", label)

Important Notes

• "GetJob" and "GetJobs" are two of many values that can be used to comunicate with launchd. A full list of these values is found in launch.py