Where is the logfile located for Xcode Scheme Post-Actions?

Question

I am running a script in my Xcode project in the Scheme's Build->Post-actions "Run Script". It runs fine but I would like to see the console output of that script. It doesn't seem to be included in the Log Navigator tab, where can I find this log?

Wriggly

I see pre-build actions logs in Xcode 14.3. – Foundling

Answer 1

The output from those scripts doesn't seem to be logged anywhere by default. Your best bet is to manually redirect the output of the script to a known location. For example, add the following as the first line of your script:

exec > /tmp/my_log_file.txt 2>&1

This will redirect all following output to stdout and stderr to your specified log file.

Roley

For some reason even after adding this, neither the folder or files are visible in the project directory but if I use terminal I can see all the files. To print the output of log file you can use: cat /tmp/my_log_file.txt – Celom