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Sync OSX GUI app environment with command line
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| #!/usr/bin/env zsh | |
| # zsh and ruby are used for convenience, but both are shipped with macos, so no big deal | |
| DONOR_SHELL=/opt/local/bin/zsh # pick the shell you use in terminal and have your env configured in | |
| SCRIPT=${0:A} # autodetect this script's absolute path | |
| PLIST=~/Library/LaunchAgents/osx-env-sync.plist | |
| write_plist() { | |
| cat > $1 <<EOF | |
| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | |
| <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> | |
| <plist version="1.0"> | |
| <dict> | |
| <key>Label</key> | |
| <string>osx-env-sync</string> | |
| <key>ProgramArguments</key> | |
| <array> | |
| <string>$SCRIPT</string> | |
| <string>sync</string> | |
| </array> | |
| <key>RunAtLoad</key> | |
| <true/> | |
| </dict> | |
| </plist> | |
| EOF | |
| } | |
| install() { | |
| write_plist $PLIST | |
| launchctl load $PLIST | |
| } | |
| uninstall() { | |
| launchctl unload $PLIST | |
| rm -f $PLIST | |
| } | |
| sync() { | |
| # `--login -c` stanza is supported by all shells i checked: bash, zsh, fish, xonsh | |
| # gotcha: macos zsh users tend to set up environment in .zshrc as opposed to proper .zshenv, | |
| # so might want to add `-i` to zsh invocation below | |
| env -i $DONOR_SHELL --login -c env | | |
| ruby -ne '$_ =~ /^(.+)=(.+)$/; system "launchctl", "setenv", $1, $2' # ruby saves us from fucking with escapes | |
| } | |
| case $1 in | |
| install ) install;; | |
| uninstall ) uninstall;; | |
| reinstall ) uninstall; install;; | |
| sync) sync;; | |
| esac |
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