I have a process [command line cpp application] which i want to run always such as it should relaunch after a crash, after device startup etc.
I created a launchd Property List File with KeepAlive true and placed under /Library/LaunchDaemons.
Problem Statements:
I have a bash script to start and stop this process.
start using: launchctl bootstrap
.
stop involve these two steps:
- send SIGTERM signal and wait untill process stops after doing some cleanups
- launchctl bootout [It doesn't sends SIGTERM]
during steps 1 - Process is getting stop, but also getting immediate relaunch by launchctl
during step 2 - it getting stop again.
is there a proper way so that we can disable KeepAlive temporarily so that process will not launch during step 1? or suggest other ways to handle this?