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Re: Running scripts from cron AND passing arguments
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Re: Running scripts from cron AND passing arguments


  • Subject: Re: Running scripts from cron AND passing arguments
  • From: Donald Hall <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:20:17 -0600

Lee,

I read your submission to the AppleScript mailing list with great interest. I am the author of Script Timer, a scheduling application for AppleScript, perl and shell scripts for OS X. I don't know if you are aware of this program or not, but just in case I thought I should bring it to your attention, and I invite you to take a look at it on my web site.

Passing any number of arguments to a script you want to schedule is no problem with Script Timer. NOTE: The program only works when you are logged in as its scheduling engine runs in the user domain, so it's back to cron if you want a script to run when noone is logged in. I got the impression that you were having trouble getting a script to run from cron while still logged in, but with the screen saver running. Is that correct? This is not a problem with Script Timer - in fact with Script Timer you can even schedule scripts to run when the screen saver starts or stops (as well as at system sleep and wake).

I am not an experienced shell script programmer, but I found your solution quite interesting.

Regards,

Don
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Donald S. Hall, Ph.D.
Apps & More Software Design, Inc.
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