On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com>wrote:
> FWIW, OS X uses launchd instead of init, cron and several other tools. It > provides parallel service start, time-based service start, and what I find > very useful is even-based start. The last is something that Linux does not > have that I'm aware of. This part of launchd can be set to monitor a file > or device for changes and start or stop a service when the change happens. > So, for example, I could have a launch agent set to watch for a device > mount, and automatically kick off a backup when that device is connected. > Or, for example, I could have it watch for changes to /etc/resolv.conf and > run a configuration script that sets the default printer, mounts local > network shares, etc. It's *very* useful. > Richard see my post to the thread earlier about systemd. It is based on launchd concepts and has even expanded on many of them. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
