====== launchctl ======

  * [[OS X]]

== Display what services are loaded ==

<code>
launchctl list
</code>

== Force a service to be launched ==

Fixes "nothing found to load":

<code>
launchctl load -w -F [plist.file]
</code>

== Add to init services, and start ==

Will always run:

<code>
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
</code>

== Remove from init system ==

<code>
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
</code>

== Start a service manually ==

<code>
launchctl start /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
</code>

== Stop a service ==

<code>
launchctl stop /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
</code>

==== Apache ====

Unload and load a system service:

<code>
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
</code>

<code>
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
</code>