Launchd script running but output is missing (Exited with code: 2)

Question

I am trying to execute a script about every minute using launchd

I added a new launchd job plist that looks like this

<?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.bpstatusboard.omnifocus</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/me/script.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>50</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

The job is executed with the given time interval and generates the following log.

Apr 19 15:27:58 MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[153] (com.bpstatusboard.omnifocus[89895]): Exited with code: 2

Problem: The script should update a file but it's not. It's working correctly when I launch it manually in terminal. I couldn't find more details on exit code: 2. Any idea what stops the script to execute correctly?

Very hard to say without knowing anything about what's in the script; see this previous answer for some troubleshooting options. — Gordon Davisson
– Gordon Davisson, Commented Apr 19, 2013 at 14:39

Parag Bafna · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-28 04:03:58Z

2

Exited with code: 2

2 ENOENT No such file or directory. A component of a specified pathname did not exist, or the pathname was an empty string.

Your script does not exist at /Users/me/script.sh.

edited Mar 28, 2015 at 4:03

answered Oct 21, 2013 at 12:33

Parag Bafna

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LCC Over a year ago

Actually this is wrong.The script was found and executed. Some command in the script returned code 2. Had launchd not found the script it would have complained like this: Job failed to exec(3) for weird reason: 2

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