Re: Beginner here
Re: Beginner here
- Subject: Re: Beginner here
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 09:24:52 +0100
On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 06:25 AM, Marc K. Myers wrote:
1) I need to copy stuff from a server volume to a local folder (easy
enough
to do), but at a specific time in the middle of the night (completely
devoid
of resources for this, unless I'm totolly stupid). So, basically I
need to
know how to make a script go off at a particular time.
If you're running a pre OS X version of the operating system, get a copy
of the free iDo Script Scheduler software from Sophisticated Circuits.
Apple shipped copies with some versions of their OS software CDs. If
you're running OS X, there's a UNIX utility called Chron that will
schedule the running of any application.
Assuming you're talking about cron, it's not recommended for use with
AppleScripts. Because of how AppleScript and cron work, there are some
serious restrictions on what you can do with a cron-fired script -- for
instance, you can't send commands to any running application.
Fortunately, there are third-party alternatives that don't have these
problems (and have a nicer configuration interface than cron does), such
as CronniX.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
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