Re: HELP: I need a utility that will quit an app after idle time

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From: Greg Ferguson
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 04:43

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In article <1992Dec27.153345.22629@lut.ac.uk>, L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> Cumbersome - yes. Fiddly - yes. But having your Mac power itself off
> is rather neat. Anybody know something more sophisticated (using 
> AppleEvents, say) to do what this guy really wants?
> 

It sounds like it'll work. "cron" from the author of GateKeeper will force
the shutdown or restart, but it can't shutup those pesky dialogs.

A combination of cron and your combination might work better for my
application (periodic restart of an A/S server). The use of AfterDark and
modules is pretty ingenious (or devious... whichever is more flattering to
you?).

Regards,

Greg Ferguson
Programmer/Engineer
Desktop Networking System
SPS, World Marketing
Motorola, Inc.

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Subject: Re: HELP:  I need a utility that will quit an app after idle time
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