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user-startup
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Automatically run commands when the user logs in. Used in hotel and stop-server.
npm install user-startup --save
const startup = require('user-startup')
const nodePath = process.execPath
const args = ['/some/path/app.js']
const out = '/some/path/out.log'
// Creates startup script and spawns process
startup.create('my-script', nodePath, args, out)
// Removes startup script
startup.remove('my-script')
Note: you should check that root isn't running this code to avoid startup scripts being created in root's home directory. Use sudo-block or is-root.
add(id, cmd[, args[, out]])
id <String>
idcmd <String>
commandargs <Array>
optional list of string argumentsout <String>
optional path to output file (directory needs to exist before)Creates startup script.
create(id, cmd[, args[, out]])
Creates a startup script and spawns process.
remove(id)
Removes startup script.
dir
Returns startup script directory.
getFile(id)
Returns startup script path.
plist
file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents
desktop
file in ~/.config/autostart
vbs
script in AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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Automatically run commands when the user logs in (cross-platform)
We found that user-startup demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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