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Re: OS X replacement for Script Scheduler
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Re: OS X replacement for Script Scheduler


  • Subject: Re: OS X replacement for Script Scheduler
  • From: "Timothy K. Wilkinson" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 09:45:59 -0400

After reading all this information and downloading Cronix what I'm wondering
is do any of these applications run scripts when you are logged out? I
haven't seen anything that would say yes or no. I have a script that sends
a reminder email to my students to turn in their work hours and I'd like
that to run even if I'm logged out.


Tim Wilkinson
ITC-ACHS
University of Virginia
email@hidden
email@hidden

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> at 2002 05 08, 18:10 -0600, they whom i call Donald S. Hall wrote:
>> Script Timer has several advantages over cron when it comes to
>> scheduling the running of AppleScript scripts, largely because a) cron is a
>> general purpose Unix utility, and
>
> could you elaborate on how that's an advantage?
>
>> b) most scripts must be saved as
>> applications to be run by cron.
>
> just curious, do you say this because osascript doesn't
> allow scripts with user interaction?
>
>> Also, you can pass parameters to your
>> scripts with Script Timer, and Script Timer can accept data back from the
>> script for logging in its own log file.
>
> now that's an advantage, otherwise you have to do
> contortions to pass parameters (text only) via
> osascript.
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