I want to configure a launchd
daemon to run a virus scan daily. I have written a .plist
and manually loaded it using launchctl load
but it doesn't seem to run. I wanted to modify it to try and debug why. However, it doesn't seem to be modifiable.
Here's the output of sudo launchctl list org.macports.clamscan
:
{
"LimitLoadToSessionType" = "System";
"Label" = "org.macports.clamscan";
"TimeOut" = 30;
"OnDemand" = true;
"LastExitStatus" = 19968;
"Program" = "clamscan";
"ProgramArguments" = (
"clamscan";
"--suppress-ok-results";
"-l";
"/var/log/clamscan.log";
"-r";
"/Users";
);
};
I tried to unload it to edit it and reload it but it didn't seem to work:
$ sudo launchctl unload org.macports.clamscan
Password:
$ sudo launchctl list org.macports.clamscan
{
"LimitLoadToSessionType" = "System";
"Label" = "org.macports.clamscan";
"TimeOut" = 30;
"OnDemand" = true;
"LastExitStatus" = 19968;
"Program" = "clamscan";
"ProgramArguments" = (
"clamscan";
"--suppress-ok-results";
"-l";
"/var/log/clamscan.log";
"-r";
"/Users";
);
};
I tried to modify it to replace clamscan
with a script so I can verify which arguments it was being called with. However, when I try and load it, it complains that it's already loaded.
$ sudo launchctl load ~/Code/org.macports.clamscan.plist
/Users/Stephen/Code/org.macports.clamscan.plist: service already loaded
Aside from rebooting is there a way to edit an installed launchd
job?
This is for Sierra.