Hi,
I’ll start my question like many others. I am new to AppleScript, I just started today.
I’ve used a lot of samples of code on here and other sites to write an AppleScript which gathers a load of system information (serial number, computer name, logged on user, ram etc) and I am able to write that information to a MySQL database.
I would like this to run when a user logs on to the workstation. Where do I put it, how do I reference it? I’ve read something about launchd but I don’t know how this works.
If I can’t do it when users logon then I would like to try and schdule it instead. How would I deploy that without having to visit 300 Apple Macs?
I use a Windows PC tool called BGInfo to gather system information into the MySQL database. I decided to write this script to add the Macs to the same database and not keep them separate. I am at home now but I will post my script tomorrow if anyone is interested.
Thanks
Paul
Hi adayzdone,
thanks for your reply. I’ve tried all sorts of plists with LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons and obviously haven’t got the syntax correct. I had saved the script as an Application and in combination with my and your plists wouldn’t work. Simplifying by just leaving it as a script and using your plist now works.
The old way I monitored the Console logs and got weird errors like:
“Job failed to exec(3) for weird reason: 2”
I discovered my applescript wasn’t cross OS version compatible. I had (accidentally) put some:
set variablename to computer name of (system info)
within a try end try statement which 10.7.5 was happy with but 10.8.2 threw up some odd errors until I discovered my error.
Once I put the statements in the right place your code below worked.