[slim] Restart from URL?

2008-12-10 Thread twynne
Not sure if this is the best forum for this query, but none of them seemed a perfect fit. Please relocate if appropriate. I'm just wondering if it's possible to issue a 'restart' command to SC via a URL. As I've moved to 7.3 and seem to be beta testing a number of plugins as well (informally)

Re: [slim] Restart from URL?

2008-12-10 Thread erland
You can't do it though the SqueezeCenter software, but if you also have a standard web server installed there might be possible to do it through some cgi scripts. It's planned to make this easier in future version as the new Extension Downloader module in the upcoming SqueezeCenter 7.3 will

Re: [slim] Restart from URL?

2008-12-10 Thread mswlogo
There is a service for Windows that can do this. That you can just poke it to restart the whole server. I imagine something similar exists for Unix. In fact you could probably write a cron script to do it. By just creating a file for example it will see it and restart a daemon or the machine.

Re: [slim] Restart from URL?

2008-12-10 Thread twynne
Thanks for the responses guys. The first sounds like it may help when 7.3.1 arrives, and the second at least suggests another possible solution - what about a simple Applescript? I can almost certainly write one to end the process, then presumably there's a way to launch one as well. I can

Re: [slim] Restart from URL?

2008-12-10 Thread aubuti
It's not a URL, but you can do it from your SB remote (including SBC I believe): the ServerPowerControl plugin. It's currently in beta, and working quite well. While the main focus is on shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate of your server hardware, it also has a feature to send a command to restart

Re: [slim] Restart from URL?

2008-12-10 Thread twynne
aubuti;368651 Wrote: It's not a URL, but you can do it from your SB remote (including SBC I believe): the ServerPowerControl plugin. It's currently in beta, and working quite well. While the main focus is on shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate of your server hardware, it also has a feature