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On Oct 10, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Emmett Gray wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 02:43:43 +0000, Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> On Oct 8, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Emmett Gray wrote:
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>>> I have the following script to shut down a bank of machines. It runs from the editor but not when saved as a script or app. It also runs as a QuicKeys script, so that's my workaround. But why? TIA.
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>>> set machNum to "11"
>>> repeat 7 times
>>> set machNum to (machNum + 1) as string
>>> set remoteMachine to "eppc://pge:[log in to unmask]" & machNum
>>> using terms from application "Finder"
>>> tell application "Finder" of machine remoteMachine to shut down
>>> end using terms from
>>> end repeat
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>> I didn't think you could call shut down remotely.
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>> Do you get an error or a not running? Have you tried throwing in dialogs?
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> No error, so I didn't bother throwing in a dialog. How can you trap an error if there is none? On a hunch I also tried setting the ownership to root (chmod -R 0:0) but that didn't have any effect. Since I have a workaround, I'm not in need. But I'd like to know what's going on. Has anyone else seen this behavior with any other AppleScript - i.e., it will run from the Editor but not as a saved script or app?
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I have seen this when I did not specify a full path for some binary.
-j
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