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

In article <1i8ujra.1c51s0m40kvxhN%lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Jamie
Kahn Genet <lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 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...

Right.  It asks the command line version of Software Update to list the
available updates in the background.  If there are any, it runs the GUI
version of Software Update so you can see them.

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

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