By the way, you could also use this AppleScript, saved as an application, and run automatically via the System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Current User -> Login Items configuration.
set vars to { ¬
{ name:"ANT_HOME", value:"/usr/local/apache-ant-1.9.6" }, ¬
{ name:"CATALINA_HOME", value:”/usr/local/apache-tomcat-8.0.24" }, ¬
{ done: true } ¬
}
repeat with i from 1 to count of vars - 1
do shell script "/bin/launchctl " ¬
& name of item i of vars & " " ¬
& value of item 1 of vars
end repeat
That is much easier to set up, but has the disadvantage of bouncing the
application icon in the Dock momentarily at login. The launchd mechanism is
silent, and seems to complete a tad bit sooner.
Paul
> On Dec 16, 2015, at 15:47, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm working on an OS X app that unfortunately has to call a series of bash
>> and python scripts for part of the processing it does. I was able to include
>> the scripts in my app's bundle, and invoke them there, but the environment
>> is different when launched via my app than when launched on the command
>> line. How can I best control the environment used when executing external
>> scripts?
>>
>> --
>> Rick Mann
>> rm...@latencyzero.com
>
>
> If you want to have specific environment variables set for all apps launched
> regardless of how they were launched, you can use the launchd mechanism,
> which is compatible with all the latest Mac OS X releases.
>
> You can put this file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.launchdrc.plist
>
> <?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>local.launchdrc</string>
> <key>Disabled</key>
> <false/>
> <key>RunAtLoad</key>
> <true/>
> <key>ProcessType</key>
> <string>Background</string>
> <key>ProgramArguments</key>
> <array>
> <string>/Users/yourusername/.launchdrc</string>
> </array>
> <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
> <string>/dev/null</string>
> <key>StandardOutPath</key>
> <string>/dev/null</string>
> </dict>
> </plist>
>
> Then, create ~/.launchdrc (chmod 755) that looks something like this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> launchctl setenv ANT_HOME "/usr/local/apache-ant-1.9.6"
> launchctl setenv CATALINA_HOME “/usr/local/apache-tomcat-8.0.24”
>
> Where each environment variable you want available to all launched apps is
> listed. Add variables as needed. This will set up an environment for the user
> at login time that will get picked up by all launched apps, whether run from
> the command line or launched via Finder.
>
> This replaces the old ~/.MacOSX mechanism where you could set environment
> variables at login.
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