Ticket #32 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 6 months ago

Last modified 2 months ago

POPfile startup item file gives an error

Reported by: dhsanto Assigned to: manni
Priority: high Milestone:
Component: Documentation Version: 1.0.0
Severity: critical Keywords:
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Description (Last modified by manni)

After copying the text provided for installing PF, there are 3 lines that I think should be changed. They are the lines that contain "-auxww." I am running Mac OSX 10.5.2 and I think this problem showed up about the time I upgraded to 10.5.

If I manually execute "ps -auxww | grep popfile.pl | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'" in the Terminal, I get "ps: No user named 'xww'."

If I change the line to read "ps -axww -u root/*OR USERNAME* | grep popfile.pl | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'," in both instances the pid was returned. Both were same pid, natch!

HTH

Change History

03/12/08 00:06:58 changed by dhsanto

File path is: /Library/StartupItems/POPfile/POPfile.

03/12/08 10:16:32 changed by manni

  • owner changed from brian to manni.
  • description changed.

03/12/08 10:17:09 changed by manni

  • component changed from Installer to Documentation.
  • description changed.

(in reply to: ↑ description ) 03/30/08 14:21:40 changed by amatubu

I'm using following command:

pid=$( ps -axww | grep popfile.pl | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $1 }' )

07/21/08 09:23:19 changed by amatubu

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

I've updated the documentation:

http://getpopfile.org/docs/howtos:macosx#creating_a_popfile_startup_item_for_mac_os_x