[launchd-dev] SMJobSubmit( ) fails but no error is returned

[Damien Sorresso]

On Jan 15, 2010, at 6:23 AM, Karl Moskowski wrote:
> I've been trying to use SMJobSubmit( ) to have launchd run my LaunchAgent. The weird thing is, it works on my MacBook Pro at home, but on my iMac it fails - the return code is false, but the outError argument is NULL. Both machines are running up-to-date Snow Leopard and using Xcode 3.2.
> 
> Source for the app (a Sparkle utility to check all apps for updates) is at <http://bitbucket.org/kolpanic/coruscation/>. I'd appreciate any insight.
> 
> I create a NSDictionary corresponding to the plist, then submit the job with:
> 	CFErrorRef *error = NULL;
> 	if (!SMJobSubmit(kSMDomainUserLaunchd, (CFDictionaryRef)plist, NULL, error))
> 		NSLog(@"Error in SMJobSubmit: %@", (NSError *)error);
> 	if (error != NULL)
> 		CFRelease(error);


Is there anything logged to the system log?
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Damien Sorresso
BSD Engineering
Apple Inc.