Comments on: PlistBuddy is the shiznit.. http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/ many a slip 'twixt mind and lip... Mon, 10 May 2010 22:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: nigel kersten http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 nigel kersten Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:07:31 +0000 http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/#comment-1776 So SOE seems to be an Australian-only term... Standard Operating Environment. The point of this example was to show how you can manipulate a rather nested key when not actually booted from that volume. scutil and systemsetup (which I think wasn't available when I wrote this post) both operate on the currently booted volume. Twiddling the file directly allows you to manipulate the setting on a non-boot volume. This was for a post-action for our imaging system. So SOE seems to be an Australian-only term… Standard Operating Environment.

The point of this example was to show how you can manipulate a rather nested key when not actually booted from that volume. scutil and systemsetup (which I think wasn’t available when I wrote this post) both operate on the currently booted volume.

Twiddling the file directly allows you to manipulate the setting on a non-boot volume.

This was for a post-action for our imaging system.

]]> By: Allister Banks http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/comment-page-1/#comment-1775 Allister Banks Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:51:22 +0000 http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/#comment-1775 Isn't systemsetup -setcomputername and -setlocalsubnetname now the best way to set hostname from the command line? scutil is what a search of dev.apple.com comes up with, but didn't seem to work in a quick test. I threw this PlistBuddy way of doing it into a script called by launchd during first boot of my InstaDMG'd image and it worked here in 10.5.7, but just wondering. May I additionally ask what you mean by SOE, and how does the pointing work/allow you to get the applicable computer/local name values? It is totally at your discretion to shed light on your(probably quite out of date at this point) setup, but any response would of course be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Isn’t systemsetup -setcomputername and -setlocalsubnetname
now the best way to set hostname from the command line? scutil is what a search of dev.apple.com comes up with, but didn’t seem to work in a quick test. I threw this PlistBuddy way of doing it into a script called by launchd during first boot of my InstaDMG’d image and it worked here in 10.5.7, but just wondering.
May I additionally ask what you mean by SOE, and how does the pointing work/allow you to get the applicable computer/local name values?

It is totally at your discretion to shed light on your(probably quite out of date at this point) setup, but any response would of course be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

]]> By: Quinn Taylor http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/comment-page-1/#comment-1686 Quinn Taylor Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:14:00 +0000 http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/#comment-1686 My friend Dave and I found another nice use for PlistBuddy, for tracking Xcode build numbers in a property list. http://davedelong.com/blog/2009/04/15/incrementing-build-numbers-xcode Thanks for blogging about PlistBuddy -- we were looking for a good way to edit plist files from the command line! My friend Dave and I found another nice use for PlistBuddy, for tracking Xcode build numbers in a property list.

http://davedelong.com/blog/2009/04/15/incrementing-build-numbers-xcode

Thanks for blogging about PlistBuddy — we were looking for a good way to edit plist files from the command line!

]]> By: Arek Dreyer http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Arek Dreyer Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:19:40 +0000 http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/#comment-1498 It looks like Plistbuddy in Leopard is now in a pretty short, easy, and consistent location: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy It looks like Plistbuddy in Leopard is now in a pretty short, easy, and consistent location: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy

]]> By: Stu http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 Stu Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:40:28 +0000 http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/#comment-1313 A nice Applescript example of Plistbuddy usage http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?id=18380 A nice Applescript example of Plistbuddy usage

http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?id=18380

]]> By: Jeff McCune http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Jeff McCune Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:56:31 +0000 http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/#comment-94 Here's another example. Manage the IR receiver: PlistBuddy -c 'Set :DeviceEnabled True' /Library/Preferences/com.apple.driver.AppleIRController.plist Here’s another example. Manage the IR receiver:

PlistBuddy -c ‘Set :DeviceEnabled True’ /Library/Preferences/com.apple.driver.AppleIRController.plist

]]> By: nigel kersten http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/comment-page-1/#comment-93 nigel kersten Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:54:39 +0000 http://explanatorygap.net/2006/07/14/plistbuddy-is-the-shiznit/#comment-93 hmm. hmm.

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