[MacTUG] controlling the time on a LaunchAgent

[Dawn Keenan]

Scroll down to "Cron-style time specifications" on http://launchd.info/ 
(tl;dr: it's tedious unless you use LaunchControl)

On 4/8/16 4:04 PM, Donald Duff-McCracken wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I have a launch agent that is running every 5 minutes on a server. It 
> is working fine. I really only need it to check the process during 
> working hours.I would like to only have it check during working hours.
>
> I know how to get it to run every X seconds (which is what I am doing 
> now).
>
> <key>StartInterval</key>
> <integer>300</integer>
>
>
>  I also know how to get it to run at a specific time or day.
>
> <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
>
>
>     <key>Minute</key>
>     <integer>45</integer>
>             <key>Hour</key>
>     <integer>13</integer>
>             <key>Day</key>
>     <integer>7</integer>
>
>
> But I don’t know how to get it to run during a range of time, and 
> every X seconds during that time. It is not really hurting running 
> after working hours, it just sort of conceptually bugs me that it is 
> doing it! ;-)
>
> Does anyone know the syntax to have a launch agent/daemon run every 5 
> minutes from 8 to 5? As I said it is not hurting anything running, so 
> don’t waste time on an answer but if you want to show off, here is a 
> chance ;-)
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> Donald Duff-McCracken
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> University of Waterloo
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Dawn Keenan
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