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Schedule task not working #6

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I have used the demo task to test it. It just doesn’t run the task at the 
time I have asked it to run, please adivise.

Kind regards

Gaetan
Ps Please see attached file.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gaetanba...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 10:43

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Gaetan,

the command you're using won't actually do anything visible. Part of the 
problem is that I chose such a bad default command :) Try using:

/usr/bin/open /Applications/TextEdit.app

That should open TextEdit when the task triggers.

Hope that helps,
Sven

Original comment by sven.a.s...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 11:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi Sven

I have tried that but it doesnt work.

Please advise if possible

Kind regards

Gaetan.

Original comment by gaetanba...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 12:17

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I see TextEdit is open in your Dock. I'm not sure if you'd notice the script 
being triggered in that case. Best try to run the command from the command line 
first to see how/if it's working. That way it's easier to tell if it's working. 
You could also touch a file on the file system "/usr/bin/touch <path to file>" 
and check the time stamp. That way you don't have to schedule a single event 
but could schedule it with "*" in all fields and see if the file gets touched 
every minute. Hope that helps.

PS: You could check if your cron daemon is actually running: 

ps aux | grep cron

This should list a process "cron" (along with the grep command possibly)

Original comment by sven.a.s...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 12:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi

I have closed the textedit and tried to run it again but it didnt work.  Sorry 
to be pain but I am more a pc man I have asked someone who knows a bit more 
about macs to how to run things from the command.

Kind regards

Gaetan.

Original comment by gaetanba...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 2:26

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
No worries :) In a nutshell: open the application "Terminal" (inside 
Applications/Utilities) and type or copy-paste the commands I've listed, i.e.:

/usr/bin/open /Applications/TextEdit.app

and

ps aux | grep cron

This is the unix command line. Cron, the underlying tool, is really a unix tool 
and CronniX just a front-end for its configuration. It's pretty unixy down 
there so if you're looking for a GUI automation tool, CronniX may not be your 
best choice to be honest :) I'm not trying to scare you off and there are ways 
to use cron to schedule GUI stuff of course (for example via AppleScript) but 
there's a learning curve to it, unfortunately.

Cheers,
Sven

Original comment by sven.a.s...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 2:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi Sven

This really good service.

It failed on the first command and passed on the second one.

Original comment by gaetanba...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 3:23

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Well, actually, both failed ;) The first command is actually wrong the way you 
entered it, it's:

/usr/bin/open /Applications/TextEdit.app

Note the blank after open. We're using the 'open' command (full path given) to 
open the app TextEdit.app inside Applications.

Now the second command tells me that the cron daemon is not running on your OSX 
system. I'm not sure why that is or how it could have happened. cron is running 
by default on 10.4. Best try power cycling the machine and see if cron comes 
up. Use the command to check, it should look similar to this:

% ps aux | grep cron
sas      88785   0.6  0.0  2435040    532 s002  R+    6:31PM   0:00.00 grep cron
root        44   0.0  0.0  2435968    416   ??  Ss   25Sep10   0:01.00 
/usr/sbin/cron

Without cron showing up here, no tasks will be triggered.

HTH,
Sven

Original comment by sven.a.s...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 4:32

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi Sven

I have rebooted the server and done the command test to open the text 
application again, it worked this time but the second test failed.

Kind regards

Gaetan

Original comment by gaetanba...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 7:56

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Gaetan,

the '%' was my prompt. The command starts with just 'ps'.

-sas

Original comment by sven.a.s...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 8:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi Sven

Sorry about that, I didnt know as my prompt is different.

Original comment by gaetanba...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 8:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I forgot to attached the file.

Original comment by gaetanba...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 8:09

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Ok, you don't have a cron daemon running for some reason. It should be up by 
default on 10.4. I'm afraid you're going to have to have some admin look into 
this, something seems to be wrong with your box.

-sas

Original comment by sven.a.s...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 8:17

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Thanks for all your help anyway.

Kindest regards

Gaetan.

Original comment by gaetanba...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 8:23

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by sven.a.s...@gmail.com on 3 Nov 2010 at 10:44