Re: Executing an AppleScript on a networked computer
Re: Executing an AppleScript on a networked computer
- Subject: Re: Executing an AppleScript on a networked computer
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:08:36 -0600
At 22:03 -0400 4/27/03, Christopher Nebel wrote:
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As a matter of fact, no, it doesn't work. EPPC over AppleTalk has never been and will never be supported in Mac OS X.
Good, and appreciated, answer!
A search on the Apple web site for "eppc", totally new to me, yielded this:
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75205&SaveKCWindowURL=http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/SaveKCToHomePage&searchMode=Assisted&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com&showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurvey=>
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When targeting applications running on a Mac OS X machine, you must use TCP/IP networking and addressing; AppleTalk is not supported. (In addition, AppleScript 1.7 now supports encoding the login name and password into the "eppc" URL.) For a Mac OS X machine to respond to Program Linking requests, "Allow Remote Apple Events" must be enabled in the Sharing panel of System Preferences.
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http://www.acronymfinder.com/> shows only "Ethics and Public Policy Center "
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http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-504.html > shows this sample:
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tell application "FileMaker Pro" of machine "eppc://pointless.quibble.com/"
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open database "Contacts" with password "LaVidaPoca"
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end tell
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Unfortunately, Apple doesn't document these capabilities online or in any of the materials that ship with Mac OS 9.
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http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-brunner-epp-data-considerations-00.txt>
talks about EPP as the Extensible Provisioning Protocol as a part of XML (Extensible Markup Language) There appears to be parts P, C, D, and H of that. EPP-C may be what Apple is using but it's only a draft.
With regard to the original problem I find that I can enable the OS9 web server and create a CGI AppleScript which I can cause to run by sending an HTTP GET request. It turns out to be a better solution because I can use curl on a Linux box to initiate the request without "tell"ing anyone. I now need to learn if the Linux folks know anything about EPPC as a protocol. I wonder if my /etc/hosts file will be consulted for my 192.168.x.x local addresses?
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