schedule_it.md

Run grabbit on a schedule

MacOS Homebrew

brew services start grabbit

This runs when started and every Monday at 10AM.

See brew services --help for more info

Mac (launchd directly)

Copy the plist stuff from ./.goreleaser.yml to a file named ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bbkane.grabbit.plist and change the following:

• #{plist_name} -> com.bbkane.grabbit
• >#{opt_bin}/grabbit -> full path to grabbit binary

Turn it on with:

launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bbkane.grabbit.plist

See the following links to read up on launchd or generate plist files:

• https://www.launchd.info/
• https://github.com/zerowidth/launched
• https://www.peterborgapps.com/lingon/ (the app costs $15)

This runs when started and every Monday at 10AM

Linux with systemd

See the following links to read up on systemd or generate timers

• https://techoverflow.net/2019/04/22/simple-systemd-timer-generator/
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Timers

Mac or Linux with crond

See the following links to read up crond or generate entries:

• https://crontab-generator.org/
• https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/cron-job

Windows

I don't regularly use Windows so I can't really help here. If you have a nice way to schedule grabbit on Windows, I'd appreciate a Pull Request updating this section