Shell script to ditto Apple package payload to user home folders and user template

dittoPayloadToUsers.sh

#!/bin/sh
## postflight

copyPayloadToAllUsers()	{

	# Enter a path to a logfile.

	LOGFILE="/path/to/file.log"

	# Copy the payload file(s) to all existing user folders.
	
	cd /Users
	
	for AUSER in *
	do
		if [ ! $AUSER = "Shared" ] ; then
			ditto /path/to/file.txt /Users/$AUSER/path/to/folder/

			if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
				date "+%A %m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S     Payload copied to user folder $AUSER." >> $LOGFILE
			else
				date "+%A %m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S     ERROR! Unable to copy payload to user folder $AUSER." >> $LOGFILE
			fi
		fi
	done
}



copyPayloadToUserTemplate()	{

	# Copy the payload file(s) to the User Template folder.
	
	ditto /path/to/file.txt /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj/path/to/folder/


	if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
		date "+%A %m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S     Payload copied to User Template folder." >> $LOGFILE
	else
		date "+%A %m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S     ERROR! Unable to copy payload to User Template folder." >> $LOGFILE
	fi
}



copyPayloadToAllUsers
copyPayloadToUserTemplate


exit 0

Instructions:

1. Create a new Apple Installer package that deploys its payload to a temporary location such as /private/tmp/.
2. Modify "/path/to/file.txt" in the script to reference the deployed payload file.
3. Modify "/path/to/folder/" to reference the location of the copied files.
4. Modify "/path/to/file.log" to reference a log file for messages from the script.
5. Add the modified script as a postflight script to the Apple Installer package.