Re: How Can I Get a Launch Agent which is a Script to Talk to Me?

Subject: Re: How Can I Get a Launch Agent which is a Script to Talk to Me?
From: Jim Weisbin <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:17:11 -0400

"S. J. Cunningham" <email@hidden> wrote:

I am writing an AppleScript to be launched periodically by launchd (yes, I'm back to working on my Dead Man Project for those of you who remember) and I find that "display dialog" messages disappear into the ether. I read somewhere that Daemons aren't supposed to communicate with losers, er, users so I assume the same applies to Launch Agents.

I am getting around it now by writing to a file. I don't really see a need for the final product to communicate but I make extensive use of "display dialog" for debugging, tracing, etc. Any ideas how I can accomplish this with a Launch Agent script?

You could use growl: http://growl.info/documentation/applescript-support.php#simpleNotificationSampleCode

or “growlnotify” from a do shell script: http://growl.info/downloads

Or you can email or text yourself. I have numerous launch daemons set up to email me at my Verizon SMS address (<my phone number>@vtext.com). For example, if a UPS goes off line (on battery) I get an instant text notification.

Actually it can get pretty annoying, but gotta make a living.

Jim Weisbin | C.T.O. | human

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