Re: running applscripts from a cron file
Re: running applscripts from a cron file
- Subject: Re: running applscripts from a cron file
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:30:55 -0800
On Thursday, January 10, 2002, at 08:36 AM, Ben wrote:
I have the latest version of Mac OS X. I am trying to get cron to run a
script that loads a web page. The script works fine. I cant seem to
get
this to be reliable. I have classic open and I rely on Ido script
scheduler. That works without a problem. Any suggestions?
Yes -- don't use cron. For security reasons, scripts run from cron
can't send events to normal applications (e.g. the Finder, IE, etc.).
Use a script scheduler that runs as a normal user task, not one that
starts up at boot time like cron does.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering