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 <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.

Cheers. Your help has been much appreciate :-)

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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