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Asked: 2026-05-23T14:56:20+00:00

#!/bin/sh exec node /opt/nodejs/first/app.js 1>>/opt/nodejs/first/log/output 2>>/opt/nodejs/first/log/error This shell script throws an error: exec: 2:

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#!/bin/sh
exec node /opt/nodejs/first/app.js 1>>/opt/nodejs/first/log/output 2>>/opt/nodejs/first/log/error

This shell script throws an error:

exec: 2: node: not found

I’m trying to launch it on system boot:

sudo update-rc.d autostart.sh defaults 95

I’m doing something wrong?

Maybe boot level is wrong or order number, or something else?

Thanks 😉

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to set your PATH environment variable to include the directory where your node binary lives. For starting on boot, what OS are you running? I suggest Ubuntu where you can use the upstart system. Here’s a simple upstart script to make a node server work as a daemon.

    description "start and stop your node.js server"
version "1.0"
author "You <you@yoursite.example>"

start on startup
respawn

env NODE_ENV=production
env PATH=/path/to/node/bin
chdir /path/to/your/app/root
exec su -c 'node app/server.js' www-data  >> var/log/stdout.log 2>&1
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