launchd Startup Script

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license: gpl-3.0

README.md

Save this file to ~/Library/LaunchAgents. Then, to load the script (and start it automatically):

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.ocks.bl.localhost.plist

org.ocks.bl.localhost.plist

<?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>org.ocks.bl.localhost</string>

  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>

  <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
  <string>/Users/mbostock/Development/gists</string>

  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/http-server</string>
    <string>-p</string>
    <string>8008</string>
  </array>

  <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
  <dict>
    <key>PATH</key>
    <string>/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin</string>
  </dict>

</dict>
</plist>