On 10/23/02 11:40 AM, "David Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 08:38 AM, Puneet Kishor wrote: > >> y'know geoff, methinks you are right. There was a "shutdown" folder in >> OS 9...dunno if it is in OS X. I actually just run the script >> manually, but I am sure in Unix there are shutdown scripts... I >> haven't explored in OS X, but in Linux there are a set of scripts that >> are run when rebooting or shutting down. I presume there will be >> something analagous in OS X. > > I think Geoff was being facetious. Many of us OS X users shut down our > computers only rarely. Back in OS 9, one had to do it regularly, but no > more. Correct. Guess I should have added the smiley! The thing to do, of course, is to set up a cron script to run psync on a regular basis. Then there's absolutely no user interaction required, and the script will run regardless. (So long as the computer is on most of the time; if not, then anacron will work.) - geoff
