As of macOS 10.12.6 (not sure about earlier versions) it is possible to invoke: launchctl dumpstate and you will get a wealth of information about all running processes Look for <LABEL> = { as the first line of info pertaining to that job Here’s a one liner to get all the active daemons and their … Read more
Just in case anyone else runs across this issue, and already has <key>RunAtLoad</key><true/> in their plist, I want to provide some additional solutions. Double check permissions to make sure that your script is executable (look for an ‘x’): ls -l /opt/apache-tomcat-5.5.27/bin/startup.sh Modify permissions if necessary: chmod +x /opt/apache-tomcat-5.5.27/bin/startup.sh Also run the script directly first and … Read more
You can’t. Apple can (using the ledger() system call, which is private), but you can’t. I’m not entirely sure whether launchd’s options work or not – certainly if it was still using the code visible in the last open source version (from 10.9.5), it wouldn’t, because it calls setrlimit(), but it’s been substantially rewritten since … Read more
Best way I found to debug, in your plist: <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>/tmp/mycommand.err</string> <key>StandardOutPath</key> <string>/tmp/mycommand.out</string> Open Console app, in “All Messages” you should see entries when your app fails or succeeds. Like this: 4/28/15 10:43:19.938 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (mycommand[18704]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1 The issue I had was with ProgramArguments takes each item of command as … Read more
Use -w option with launchctl. $ launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist -w Overrides the Disabled key and sets it to false.
As @TheDarkKnight points out, cron has been deprecated in favor of launchd. To use launchd, save the following as com.example.volume.plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/: <?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>com.example.volume</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>sh</string> <string>-c</string> <string>set volume 1.7</string> </array> <key>StartCalendarInterval</key> <dict> <key>Hour</key> <integer>23</integer> <key>Minute</key> <integer>45</integer> </dict> </dict> </plist> then … Read more
I read man launchctl, find 78 means function not implemented. It doesn’t help much. Finally I make it work, actually there were errors in the plist, I recommend to install the brew install –cask launchcontrol, which is a gui tool for launchctl, it can help detect errors and trouble shooting.
It’s probably because launchctl is managing your mongod instance. If you want to start and shutdown mongod instance, unload that first: launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.mongodb.mongod.plist Then start mongod manually: mongod -f path/to/mongod.conf –fork You can find your mongod.conf location from ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.mongodb.mongod.plist. After that, db.shutdownServer() would work just fine. Added Feb 22 2014: If you have … Read more