On Oct 3, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Stockly, Ed wrote: > I'm working on a script that controls Safari, Firefox and/or iCab. > > When any of these browsers display pages that have some specific ads > and > javascript they will crash or cause the Finder to crash. > > My script can detect when the browser or the finder have > unexpectedly quit > and can clear the dialog and relaunch. > > What I can't do is figure out how to determine if the browser has > frozen and > is not responding, and how to force quit the browser. > Try this with timeout of 15* seconds get application "Safari" on error KillSafari() end do shell script "killall Safari" > I'm also looking for a way to force restart the mac, without > worrying about > saving or logging off nicely. > do shell script "shutdown -r now" password "password" with administrator privileges > These scripts are running on mac minis who's only functon in life is > to > display web pages. > > Any suggestions? > > ES >