Re: A daily script
Re: A daily script
- Subject: Re: A daily script
- From: "Jason W. Bruce" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:17:43 -0600
Emmanuel,
could you elaborate on this?
Jason Bruce
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:46:06 +0100
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To: Ken Mcgregor <email@hidden>, "'Applescript'"
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From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: A daily script
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At 12:29 +0100 20/12/00, Ken Mcgregor wrote:
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>I need to run a script at a set time each day.
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>I am stuck between either writing an idle script that rests for a perid then
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>checks the time. (current hour)
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>or whether to use something like Cron.
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>It will be run on a dedicated Mac.
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>Any advice gratefully received
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If you use Smile as your editor, you can use it also as the environment to
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generate "idle" events, and your scripts will run in a much safer context
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than in a stay-open applet.
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Emmanuel