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Re: Time


  • Subject: Re: Time
  • From: Timothy Bates <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 23:29:15 +1000

> On Thursday, September 27, 2001, at 12:54 PM, david atyahoo wrote:
>> If I want something to happen at a specific time e.g. 9:30pm what would
>> the
>> code be.

Think, this is not code that should be in my app - scheduling is a job for
the OS. You have a function, and you need to tell the OS to call that
function at a certain time.

Under OS-X, use the unix cron service to schedule a call to your script.

There are cocoa interfaces to cron available.

I recommend
http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=9478&db=mac


Dr Timothy Bates <mailto:email@hidden>
Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS)
Macquarie University
Ph 61 (2) 9850 8623
Fx 61 (2) 9850 6059


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