Re: aborting a running script
Re: aborting a running script
- Subject: Re: aborting a running script
- From: Laine Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:08:43 -0600
- Thread-topic: aborting a running script
On 2/28/11 6:31 AM, "Jim Brandt" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I have a question about aborting a running script.
>
> When invoked from the script menu, which application or process is in control
> of running the script? Is it System Events? Is there a graceful way to cancel
> the script while it is running?
>
> I have several scripts that walk file directories, and after starting them,
> they take longer than I intended and I want to shut them down. So I'm looking
> for a way to do this without putting dialog in that needs responded to every
> so often.
>
> Is there an accepted way to do this. Stopping a process from Activity Monitor?
>
I use the one of these shell commands to stop all running scripts, but it's
more or less a last resort for cleaning up after accidents.
Leopard or Snow Leopard:
sudo killall AppleScript\ Runner
AppleScript version:
do shell script "sudo killall AppleScript\\ Runner" with administrator
privileges
Older systems
sudo killall System Events
>
> Also, does anyone have a way to build a list of all files regressively in
> folders below the current level?
>
> i.e.
>
> folder 1
> file 1
> file 2
> file 3
> folder 2
> file 4
> file 5
> folder 3
> folder 4
> file 6
> file 7
>
> I want a list of the paths of all files (and folders) shown. Can the Finder
> give this in a single command?
>
You have plenty of good replies to this part. I've also used the folder
recursion method from the essential subroutines, but that's very old stuff.
Laine Lee
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