Re: Tarsnap GUI on Mac stopped running scheduled job

[Larry Hynes <larry@larryhynes.com>]

Amar <amar@mailbox.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> > On 18 Jul 18, at 6:26 AM, Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> wrote:
> > 
> > but is there a file ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.tarsnap.gui.plist
> > under your home directory?
> > 
> 
> Yes, it is there. Here’s the content:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://wwwapple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
> <!-- Tarsnap GUI launchd script for running Tarsnap scheduled Jobs every
>      day at 10AM. Copy to appropriate path and load with:
>      $launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.tarsnap.gui.plist
> -->
> <plist version="1.0">
> <dict>
>     <key>Label</key>
>     <string>com.tarsnap.gui</string>
>     <key>ProgramArguments</key>
>     <array>
>         <string>/usr/local/Cellar/tarsnap-gui/1.0/Tarsnap.app/Contents/MacOS/Tarsnap</string>
>         <string>--jobs</string>
>     </array>
>     <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
>     <dict>
>         <key>Hour</key>
>         <integer>10</integer>
>         <key>Minute</key>
>         <integer>0</integer>
>     </dict>
>     <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
>     <string>/Users/amar/Downloads/</string>
>     <key>StandardOutPath</key>
>     <string>/Users/amar/Library/Logs/tarsnap-gui.log</string>
>     <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
>     <string>/Users/amar/Library/Logs/tarsnap-gui.log</string>
> </dict>
> </plist>

launchd is no fun. :(

Can you check the file at

/Users/amar/Library/Logs/tarsnap-gui.log

and see if there are any clues?

And, as per previous mail, can you please use something like Launch
Control app to confirm that the tarsnap-gui job is both 'loaded'
*and* 'enabled'? (launchd distinguishes between loaded and enabled,
and I think jobs need to be both.)

A graphical interface to launchd should also allow you to 'run' the
job, and it will report any errors, or log them to the log file, above.