On Oct 8, 2011, at 10:43 PM, Mark Lively wrote: > On Oct 8, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Emmett Gray wrote: > >> 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. >> >> 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 > > I didn't think you could call shut down remotely. > > Do you get an error or a not running? Have you tried throwing in dialogs? > > -Mark > you can using ssh do shell script " ssh [log in to unmask] `shutdown -r now` "