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Re: Create new file


  • Subject: Re: Create new file
  • From: Graff <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:30:12 -0500

You need to either use a program that will execute your script at a given time, such as the command-line tool "cron" or a shareware interface to it, such as Cronnix <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/9478>, or you need to have your script set up as a stay-open application which has an idle handler that checks the time occasionally. For long-term timing such as a daily script I would go for a timer program such as cron or Cronnix.

After that just make sure that your script can close the old file, rename it, move it, and then create the new file and you are done.

Here is a guide with links to other guides on using idle handlers:
<http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/itinfo/idle00.php>

- Ken


On Feb 10, 2004, at 9:40 AM, Dale J Martin wrote:

I'm trying to build a data logger system in which I need to create a new file at midnight and continue the next days data logging. I have the script creating and writing to a file just fine, but I don't know where to start in creating a new file based on time.
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