CronniX

I have a blind server that I would like to shut down at lets say 10.15 PM. If I set CronX up like follows 15/10/*/*/* with the command 'shutdown -r now' it should reboot every day at 10.15 AM, correct? well is does not. I set this up in a user with admin privileges. I also tried: 15/10/*/*/* with the command 'sudo shutdown -r now'. same result, nothing. If I run...

Adding a task for it in cron's daily or weekly would do it, easiest way to add it would be with Cronnix. Or you could do an AppleScipt to run it weekly, or make an Automator action and add both to run daily or weekly... Is this on 10.4 or 10.5 Server?

You could also create a custom cron script set to run at frequent intervals, similar to what Xero suggested. Cronnix could help with that. ...

I use CronniX for this. ...

It could run it for you. I don't know how cron runs that crontab. Try CronniX to edit the crontab. Be careful that you edit the system crontab though, because it edits your user crontab by default. ...

Honestly, I use CronniX to edit my crontab files, but I wanted to know how to do it from the Terminal, so this is more of a learning excercise. ...

The underlying BSD subsystem of Mac OS X, Darwin, uses a unix-style permissions system to determine who can see, access, search and execute files, folders and devices. Installer packages (.pkg and .mpgk) install software and puts files in various locations throughout your filesystem. The Installer also keeps receipts of these installations to facilitate keeping permissions...

...Cronnix is nice, and runs totally in the background, of course. If you can forgive an app running and launch things for you, you might easily of overlooked iCal. It CAN launch files on 'alarms' for you. :D ;) ...and doesn't require Uber Guru skills to setup! :D :P

You could also use QuicKeys quite easily for this - it is a good app for the less than Gurus among us. It can also call Applescripts or visa verce (how do you spell that?). In the mean time, I'm going to check out CronnIX!!! Thanks NeYo! I am bound and determined to have my Mac read "meaning speak" my new mail to me each morning and this has been a real pain to do with...

This is what you want! ... http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/9478 Cronnix - You can scheduele it to do ANYTHING. So just point it, at your desired time a Hyperlink, saved to your local disc. Easy! :D