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

Jerry Kindall <jerrykindall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 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

That won't open any windows or require any user involvement, yeah?
Thanks :-) I'll get on to learning how to do this...

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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