Re: Any way to get Software Update to run in the background at a specified time of the day?

In article <1i8tckk.143rm331tva6cbN%lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Jamie
Kahn Genet <lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> G'day.
> 
> Is there any way to get Software Update to run in the background at a
> specified time of the day? I don't want to be bothered with any
> notifications unless there actually are updates to download, i.e. as it
> does when set to check automatically, but I want to control the time of
> day.
> 
> I can control the time of day by using iCal to launch a script, e.g:
> 
>      tell application "Software Update"
>           run
>      end tell
> 
> But I don't know how to prevent Software update from bothering me unless
> there actually is an update.
> 
> TIA,
>  Jamie Kahn Genet

Try something like this:

get last paragraph of (do shell script "softwareupdate --list")
if the result does not contain "new or updated software" then
   tell application "Software Update" to run
end if

-- 
Jerry Kindall, Seattle, WA                <http://www.jerrykindall.com/>

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