automatic_boot_icecast_osx.md

After some trouble to boot icecast on mac osx with launchd this is the workaround i've used:

make an .sh that make start icecast ->

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    #!/bin/bash
    sleep 5
    icecast -c  /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml -b

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create a launchd com.icecast.plist file to run the script opening terminal instead running it directly also if it's setted to run in background seems that icecast 2.4.x cannot boot if not launched from a graphic tty

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>com.icecast</string>
   <key>Program</key>
   <string>/usr/bin/open</string>
   <key>ProgramArguments</key>
   <array>
   <string>/usr/bin/open</string>
   <string>/Users/youruser/Code/starticecast.sh</string>
   <string>-a</string>
   <string>Terminal</string>
   </array>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
   <key>KeepAlive</key>
	 <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

copy the plist file in the folder ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ and load it

launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.icecast.plist