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A Go library to run a command after login

License: MIT License

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go-autostart's Introduction

go-autostart

A Go library to run a command after login.

Usage

package main

import (
	"log"
	"github.com/emersion/go-autostart"
)

func main() {
	app := &autostart.App{
		Name: "test",
		DisplayName: "Just a Test App",
		Exec: []string{"sh", "-c", "echo autostart >> ~/autostart.txt"},
	}

	if app.IsEnabled() {
		log.Println("App is already enabled, removing it...")

		if err := app.Disable(); err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err)
		}
	} else {
		log.Println("Enabling app...")

		if err := app.Enable(); err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err)
		}
	}

	log.Println("Done!")
}

Behavior

On Linux and BSD, it creates a .desktop file in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart (i.e. $HOME/.config/autostart). See http://askubuntu.com/questions/48321/how-do-i-start-applications-automatically-on-login
On macOS, it creates a launchd job. See http://blog.gordn.org/2015/03/implementing-run-on-login-for-your-node.html
On Windows, it creates a link to the program in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

License

MIT

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go-autostart's Issues

Windows: requires full path, arguments unsupported

Since 4b93ee2, windows doesn't work like others. Arguments are discarded and the executable must be specified with an absolute path.

Problem with cross compilation for Windows

Hello.
I'm trying to compile code for windows from MacOS and Linux and I've got an error:

app.Enable undefined (type *autostart.App has no field or method Enable)

My code:

     if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
		exe, _ := os.Executable()
		app := &autostart.App{
			Name:        "test",
			DisplayName: "test",
			Exec:        []string{exe},
		}
		app.Enable()
	}

how to achive the start in option

for windows10 how can i get the above option start in presently only we have got to start right but it got problem like it i starting the app from the startup folder.

Make it crash proof on OSX

https://github.com/mycodesmells/misc-examples/tree/master/launchd

just ad keep alive to the plist !!

Add option to start minimized in windows

In Windows, when enabling exe to start on boot, currently it opens a terminal on boot.
I would like to enable the program to run on boot, minimized.
Currently, go-autostart creates a shortcut in windows, I think that there's a way to control wether the shortcut opens minimized or it will open a windows.
The goal: I want to start the program shortcut on booth without any window, in background.

Windows doesn't support spaces in arguments

[Linux] Gnome fails to parse XDG desktop entry

The package seems to create a desktop file entry in accordance with the XDG specification at the path ~/.config/autostart. However, this file seem defective, as Gnome fails to parse them with the following journal error:

gnome-session-binary[1894]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file ProtonMail Bridge.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary

I believe this to be an issue with the double hyphenations in the "Exec" field. I see that you've tried working around the issue by escaping those, but it seems that Gnome fails to parse these properly (I'm guessing it works fine on other desktop environments).

On my system I've managed to apply an ugly hack in the form of:

Exec=sh -c "/usr/lib/protonmail/bridge/protonmail-bridge --no-window"

I'm not sure how presentable this solution is, but I was too lazy to come up with anything nicer.

Use ServiceManagement API on darwin

See:

Sometimes works sometimes doesn't.

On Mac, this approach sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. I can't figure out why.

THis article might explain it:

http://blog.gordn.org/2015/03/implementing-run-on-login-for-your-node.html

I think you need to "load" the job.

This package creates the pList file and places it in the LaunchAgent directory but doesn't do "load" the job.

➜ GOOS=windows go build -ldflags "-H=windowsgui" .
# github.com/SkYNewZ/twitch-clip
./main.go:69:105: app.IsEnabled undefined (type *autostart.App has no field or method IsEnabled)
./main.go:92:13: app.IsEnabled undefined (type *autostart.App has no field or method IsEnabled)
./main.go:95:17: app.Disable undefined (type *autostart.App has no field or method Disable)
./main.go:103:17: app.Enable undefined (type *autostart.App has no field or method Enable)

➜ GOOS=linux go build .   # Another error                        
# github.com/getlantern/systray
../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/getlantern/[email protected]/systray.go:78:2: undefined: nativeLoop
../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/getlantern/[email protected]/systray.go:106:2: undefined: registerSystray
../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/getlantern/[email protected]/systray.go:111:14: undefined: quit
../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/getlantern/[email protected]/systray.go:136:2: undefined: addSeparator
../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/getlantern/[email protected]/systray.go:190:2: undefined: hideMenuItem
../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/getlantern/[email protected]/systray.go:195:2: undefined: showMenuItem
../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/getlantern/[email protected]/systray.go:220:2: undefined: addOrUpdateMenuItem

When building for Windows, I get this error. My program is building/running successfully on macOS.

Disable windows

How can I disable windows start up for this? I already made my own for windows