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Created December 5, 2022 19:58
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Using this script you can create a tiny macOS app that will always launch the latest version of any JetBrains Toolbox installed IDE. Simply pass the target IDE application as the first argument and the script will create a launcher that you can add to your dock that will always point to the latest installed version of the IDE.
#!/bin/bash
APP_DIR=$1
APP_SCRIPT_NAME="$(ls "${APP_DIR}/Contents/MacOS/")"
APP_FILE_NAME="$(basename "${APP_DIR}")"
CHANNEL_DIR="$(dirname "$(dirname "$1")")"
CHANNEL_NAME="$(basename "$CHANNEL_DIR")"
TOOLBOX_APP_NAME="$(basename "$(dirname "$CHANNEL_DIR")")"
TOOLBOX_DIR=${APP_DIR%/apps/*}
LAUNCHERS_DIR="${TOOLBOX_DIR}/launchers"
if [ ! -d "${LAUNCHERS_DIR}" ];then
echo Creating launcher directory: ${LAUNCHERS_DIR}
mkdir -p "${LAUNCHERS_DIR}"
fi
LAUNCHER_PATH="${LAUNCHERS_DIR}/${APP_FILE_NAME}"
if [ -d "${LAUNCHER_PATH}" ];then
echo Launcher already exists at path ${LAUNCHER_PATH}
echo exiting.
exit 1
fi
# Create the launcher directory structure
echo Creating launcher at path: ${LAUNCHER_PATH}
mkdir -p "$LAUNCHER_PATH/Contents/MacOS"
# Link the existing
ln -s -f "$APP_DIR/Contents/Info.plist" "$LAUNCHER_PATH/Contents/Info.plist"
ln -s -f "$APP_DIR/Contents/Resources" "$LAUNCHER_PATH/Contents/Resources"
LAUNCHER_SCRIPT_PATH="$LAUNCHER_PATH/Contents/MacOS/$APP_SCRIPT_NAME"
function write() {
echo "$1" >> "$LAUNCHER_SCRIPT_PATH"
}
write '#!/bin/sh'
write ''
write 'DIR="$(dirname "$0")"'
write 'BASE_DIR="$DIR/../../../../apps/'"$TOOLBOX_APP_NAME"'/'"$CHANNEL_NAME"'"'
write 'SUFFIX="Contents/MacOS/'"$APP_SCRIPT_NAME"'"'
write ''
write 'release_dirname=$(ls "$BASE_DIR" | sort -r | head -n 1)'
write 'release_dir="$BASE_DIR/$release_dirname"'
write ''
write 'app_dir="$release_dir/'"$APP_FILE_NAME"'"'
write 'app_path="$app_dir/$SUFFIX"'
write ''
write '# Make sure the info.plist and resources are current.'
write 'ln -s -f "$app_dir/Contents/Info.plist" "$DIR/../Info.plist"'
write 'ln -s -f "$app_dir/Contents/Resources" "$DIR/../Resources"'
write ''
write '"$app_path"'
echo Making launcher script executable...
chmod +x "$LAUNCHER_SCRIPT_PATH"
echo Successfully created launcher for $APP_FILE_NAME in channel $CHANNEL_NAME
open "$LAUNCHERS_DIR"
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