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I know how to create a configuration to schedule eg. a daily execution of a script with launchd or crontab on MacOS. However, I run into a scenario where I need to schedule the one-time execution of a script as part of a(nother) ruby script.



The hacky solution to that would be to manually write a plist file, and then running launchctl load, however that requires sudo privileges.



Is there a better way of programmatically scheduling the one-time execution of a script in MacOS?






bash macos command-line cron launchd







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  • If your script is web-based, you could use a 3rd-party service, such as crono, to programmatically set up your jobs.
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I know how to create a configuration to schedule eg. a daily execution of a script with launchd or crontab on MacOS. However, I run into a scenario where I need to schedule the one-time execution of a script as part of a(nother) ruby script.



The hacky solution to that would be to manually write a plist file, and then running launchctl load, however that requires sudo privileges.



Is there a better way of programmatically scheduling the one-time execution of a script in MacOS?






bash macos command-line cron launchd







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  • If your script is web-based, you could use a 3rd-party service, such as crono, to programmatically set up your jobs.
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I know how to create a configuration to schedule eg. a daily execution of a script with launchd or crontab on MacOS. However, I run into a scenario where I need to schedule the one-time execution of a script as part of a(nother) ruby script.



The hacky solution to that would be to manually write a plist file, and then running launchctl load, however that requires sudo privileges.



Is there a better way of programmatically scheduling the one-time execution of a script in MacOS?






bash macos command-line cron launchd







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I know how to create a configuration to schedule eg. a daily execution of a script with launchd or crontab on MacOS. However, I run into a scenario where I need to schedule the one-time execution of a script as part of a(nother) ruby script.



The hacky solution to that would be to manually write a plist file, and then running launchctl load, however that requires sudo privileges.



Is there a better way of programmatically scheduling the one-time execution of a script in MacOS?






bash macos command-line cron launchd




bash macos command-line cron launchd






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  • If your script is web-based, you could use a 3rd-party service, such as crono, to programmatically set up your jobs.
    – gduverger
    Nov 24 at 4:42


















  • If your script is web-based, you could use a 3rd-party service, such as crono, to programmatically set up your jobs.
    – gduverger
    Nov 24 at 4:42
















If your script is web-based, you could use a 3rd-party service, such as crono, to programmatically set up your jobs.
– gduverger
Nov 24 at 4:42




If your script is web-based, you could use a 3rd-party service, such as crono, to programmatically set up your jobs.
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I would use the at command. I haven't used it on mac os, but I would bet you can do brew install at then you can run the at command to schedule a job at a specific time. 



echo script.sh | at tomorrow noon


https://linux.die.net/man/1/at






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    This works, and at comes with MacOS - thanks for pointing this out. It's disabled by default, and can be disabled bu running sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist (as specified by man atrun)
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I would use the at command. I haven't used it on mac os, but I would bet you can do brew install at then you can run the at command to schedule a job at a specific time. 



echo script.sh | at tomorrow noon


https://linux.die.net/man/1/at






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    This works, and at comes with MacOS - thanks for pointing this out. It's disabled by default, and can be disabled bu running sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist (as specified by man atrun)
    – Manuel Ebert
    Nov 19 at 19:48










  • Thanks @ManuelEbert
    – Nick Ellis
    Nov 19 at 19:49















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I would use the at command. I haven't used it on mac os, but I would bet you can do brew install at then you can run the at command to schedule a job at a specific time. 



echo script.sh | at tomorrow noon


https://linux.die.net/man/1/at






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    This works, and at comes with MacOS - thanks for pointing this out. It's disabled by default, and can be disabled bu running sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist (as specified by man atrun)
    – Manuel Ebert
    Nov 19 at 19:48










  • Thanks @ManuelEbert
    – Nick Ellis
    Nov 19 at 19:49













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I would use the at command. I haven't used it on mac os, but I would bet you can do brew install at then you can run the at command to schedule a job at a specific time. 



echo script.sh | at tomorrow noon


https://linux.die.net/man/1/at






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I would use the at command. I haven't used it on mac os, but I would bet you can do brew install at then you can run the at command to schedule a job at a specific time. 



echo script.sh | at tomorrow noon


https://linux.die.net/man/1/at







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    This works, and at comes with MacOS - thanks for pointing this out. It's disabled by default, and can be disabled bu running sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist (as specified by man atrun)
    – Manuel Ebert
    Nov 19 at 19:48










  • Thanks @ManuelEbert
    – Nick Ellis
    Nov 19 at 19:49














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    This works, and at comes with MacOS - thanks for pointing this out. It's disabled by default, and can be disabled bu running sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist (as specified by man atrun)
    – Manuel Ebert
    Nov 19 at 19:48










  • Thanks @ManuelEbert
    – Nick Ellis
    Nov 19 at 19:49








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This works, and at comes with MacOS - thanks for pointing this out. It's disabled by default, and can be disabled bu running sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist (as specified by man atrun)
– Manuel Ebert
Nov 19 at 19:48




This works, and at comes with MacOS - thanks for pointing this out. It's disabled by default, and can be disabled bu running sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist (as specified by man atrun)
– Manuel Ebert
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