On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:53 -0500, "Fmiser" <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jim Cathey wrote: > > > > Ah. For those of you who haven't experienced it yet, this is > > > the real power and value of Linux/BSD - easy, expandable, > > > powerful customized scripts. > > > > Or Mac OSX! > > Only sort of. At least last I knew (10.2) there were a lot of > applications that were not scriptable. I suppose there are > getting to be a number of Gnome or KDE apps that aren't > scriptable either, but the evidence I've seen shows OSX is less > accessable to shell scripts.
OSX will run shell scripts just fine; all the usual unix utilities are there, and what it doesn't have you can get from MacPorts. If you're saying that many OSX applications don't have much command-line awareness, that's probably true. > No, Applescript doesn't count. It's better than DOS batch files > - but just. Applescript mystifies me. I've never really had a serious go at it, but the from the glimpses I've had it's just really different from other scripting I've done. It did not look intuitive at all. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com