Re: How do I schedule a script.
Re: How do I schedule a script.
- Subject: Re: How do I schedule a script.
- From: Axel Luttgens <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:38:43 +0100
Pablo Misas wrote:
Hello all:
I'm running system 10.3. I want to schedule a script that runs weekly
and deletes all users in the users folder.
Does anyone have a similar scenario and could enlighten me?
I'm working on the script right know and that is no problem, the
scheduling part is the one that is worrying me..
You already got some suggestions. I would go along Doug's one, with just
an addition: man osascript, if you want to go with AppleScript.
But could you be a bit more precise about what you exactly want? I'm a
rather afraid about the idea of just deleting users home directories...
How does it come that such directories appear on a regular basis?
Why should you have to delete them; are they somehow irregular?
And what about the users accounts then?
Now, such a job needs sufficient rights.
On the other hand, you seem to think about an automated operation, that
should even run unattended (with no user logged in).
So, it seems it should be run, from the shell, as root (hence the cron way).
Moreover, I would go with a shell script anyway; what if your
AppleScript, for any reason, displayed an error message while running
unattended?
Just some questions that appeared to me while reading your message.
HTH,
Axel
By the way, I know it's a bit late but happy new year to all...
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