Question on user_launch

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1

Is there any documention on how user_launch is working ?

If I understood correctly it allows to start some jobs/services once the system is started like LaunchBox below (which depends on a setting) :

job x-vnd.Haiku-LaunchBox {
	launch /system/apps/LaunchBox
	if setting ~/config/settings/LaunchBox/main_settings autostart
	on initial_volumes_mounted
	legacy
	no_safemode
}

Not sure how the setting command is working and what legacy/safemode mean.

2

Have a look at The Haiku Book: Introduction to the Launch Daemon

3

The doc I linked doesn’t specifically mention the condition “setting”.

It appears the “setting” condition in

if setting ~/config/settings/LaunchBox/main_settings autostart

decodes the flattened BMessage ~/config/settings/LaunchBox/main_settings and checks if there’s a field named “autostart” and sees if it’s true or false.

4

Safenmode is related to booting with safemode from the bootloader. Not sure what legacy means though.

5

My understanding is that if the service does not use BServer, which is private, then legacy should be used.