Re: How to access certain system-data?

Subject: Re: How to access certain system-data?

From: Peter Baxter <email@hidden>

Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:48:37 +1000

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1. You can make applescripts to do tasks that you want and schedule them with a crontab.

To schedule an applescript:

1. Save your script somewhere logical like in Library -> scripts

2. open Terminal and type: sudo pico /etc/crontab

when asked, type your administrator password

Arrow down to the bottom of the window and add 0 0 * * * YourUserName osascript "pathToYourScript"

--this will set the computer to run the script at midnight each day. If you replace the other asterixes, you can enter times for minute, hour, day of the month, month and week day

press control-X

--exits pico

press y to confirm your changes

and Enter when pico asks you if you want to save the changes

Another way to shut down your computer would be to run sudo shutdown -now instead of your applescript with crontab through pico.

0 0 * * * sudo shutdown now

Checking out your crontab file will let you see the time you have set to start up currently and you can then schedule that.

So there are lots of ways of scheduling start-up and shut down activities.

On 18/09/2006, at 2:38 PM, Holger Pleus wrote:

Am 17.09.2006 um 23:35 schrieb Peter Baxter:

What are you trying to do Holger?

I'm trying to write an application wich should allow me to program multiple on/off times. Such as having my mac start up on weekdays at 07:00 am and shut down at 06:00 pm and on weekends having it run between 10:00 am and 06:00 pm.

is there an elegant way to do this?

Holger

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