Re: Run Script upon Waking?
Re: Run Script upon Waking?
- Subject: Re: Run Script upon Waking?
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:19:46 -0500
- Organization: [very little]
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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:19:40 -0500
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Subject: Re: Run Script upon Waking?
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From: Arthur J Knapp <email@hidden>
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To: <email@hidden>
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> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:51:03 -0800 (PST)
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> From: Brian Johnson <email@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: Run Script upon Waking?
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> I ran into this a while back. There is at least one product out there that
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> can be configured to run scripts at sleep and wake (sorry, can't find the
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> link). Obviously, I didn't use it. I use the IdleTime extension originally
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> written by Frontier, but included with several other installs as well, as
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> I needed simply to do something after specific periods of inactivity on
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> the machine, not necessarily long enough to trigger sleep.
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> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Gnarlodious wrote:
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>> Is there a way to run a script when the OS wakes from its narcolepsy? It
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>> would be similar to the "Startup Scripts" idea.
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It's a real shame that the Finder's (execution state) command doesn't
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report on the awake/sleep state. If it did, stay-open script applets
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could be made to test for when the sleep state changes, via an idle
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handler.
My ex- used to wake me up and tell me that I was snoring. I could never
verify this, having been asleep at the time. I imagine that the Finder
has the same problem.
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
4020 W.220th St.
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