I’m using OS X Yosemite. I’m trying to run an sh script upon login, but I’m having problems. I created the following file in my /Library/LaunchAgents directory …
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 604 Oct 19 09:24 eXist.plist
The contents of the file are as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>eXist</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Applications/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>UserName</key>
<string>root</string>
<key>StandardErorPath</key>
<String>/tmp/eXistDB.err</string>
<key>StandardOutputPath</key>
<string>/tmp/eXistDB.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>
However, nothing is getting run (at least no output files are getting generated) and I can’t figure out why. I have verified the path exists. How can I get my script to run upon login?
Edit:
To prove the path exists, here is the output when tryihng the path in the script versus what was suggested …
Daves-MacBook-Pro-2:~ davea$ ls /Applications/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh
/Applications/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh
Daves-MacBook-Pro-2:~ davea$ ls /Applications/eXist-db.app/Contents/Resources/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh
ls: /Applications/eXist-db.app/Contents/Resources/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh: No such file or directory
Best Answer
You made some mistakes in your plist:
/Applications/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh probably doesn't exist if you have installed eXist-db 2.2
A valid path is /Applications/eXist-db.app/Contents/Resources/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh
StandardErorPath and StandardOutputPath are no valid keys
Valid keys are StandardErrorPath and StandardOutPath
probably the root <-> launchd problem already addressed by patrix
the plist doesn't have to be executable
To start the app after logging in with your user simply add it to System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Your user -> Login Items
To start eXist-db 2.0 at boot time and jetty after logging in your user you have to do the following:
If you haven't done this already, first enter:
to install a LaunchDaemon org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.eXist-db.plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons/. If you want to add a StandardErrorPath and StandardOutPath modify the file with
sudo nano /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.eXist-db.plist
.It should look like this finally:
Load the daemon permanently with:
Now create a second file in ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/ named com.eXist.plist with nano. It should look like this finally:
A StandardErrorPath and StandardOutPath was added.
Load the agent permanently with:
Done.
Don't forget to set your (or the) JAVA_HOME variable properly. If you use a newer eXist-db release (e.g. 2.2) you have to add at least /Contents/Resources/ to the paths of exist.sh and startup.sh in the plist (please check the proper paths by opening the app bundle.
Hint: Don't use TextEdit to modify the plists: otherwise the plist files might be malformed.