Launchctl: how can I configure a service to stop restarting automatically until next reboot?

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Published on 2010-04-03T11:32:22Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 11:43 UTC
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I have several services set up in launchctl and they all start at boot and restart automatically whenever they stop for any reason. That's great so far.

But sometimes I want one of the services to quit and not restart for a while.

Is there a recommended way to do that apart from removing the service from launchctl (which also stops it immediately, which I don't want to do)?

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