I have written an AppleScript that lets me back up a particular file. The script runs fine inside AppleScript Editor: it does what it's supposed
to do perfectly. So far so good.
Now I'd like
to run this script at timed intervals. So I use launchctl & .plist
to make this happen. That's where the trouble starts.
the script is loaded at set interval by launchctl
the AppleScript Editor (when open) brings its window (with that script)
to the foreground but no code is executed
when AppleScript Editor is not running, nothing seems
to be happening at all
Any ideas as
to why this is not working?
--
After editing (as per Daniel Beck's suggestions) my plist now looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.opera.autosave</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>osascript</string>
<string>/Users/user_name/Library/Scripts/opera_autosave_bak.scpt</string>
</array>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>30</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
and the AppleScript I'm trying
to run:
on appIsRunning(appName)
tell application "System Events"
to (name of processes) contains appName
end appIsRunning
--only run this script when Opera is running
if appIsRunning("Opera") then
set base_path
to "user_name:Library:Preferences:Opera Preferences:sessions:"
set autosave_file
to "test.txt"
set autosave_file_old
to "test_old.txt"
set autosave_file_older
to "test_older.txt"
set autosave_file_oldest
to "test_oldest.txt"
set autosave_path
to base_path & autosave_file
set autosave_path_old
to base_path & autosave_file_old
set autosave_path_older
to base_path & autosave_file_older
set autosave_path_oldest
to base_path & autosave_file_oldest
set copied_file
to "test copy.txt"
set copied_path
to base_path & copied_file
tell application "Finder"
duplicate file autosave_path
delete file autosave_path_oldest
set name of file autosave_path_older
to autosave_file_oldest
set name of file autosave_path_old
to autosave_file_older
set name of file copied_path
to autosave_file_old
end tell
end if
