[X-Unix] Schedule Indexing via Terminal

Spoolman Nancy nanc at spoolman.com
Sun Feb 22 14:01:01 PST 2004


> Since you mention Terminal. . .
>
> man cron
>
> You will need to set up a line of text and install it with crontab. It 
> will execute a UNIX executable you specify at any time you want. That 
> can open an application or run an AppleScript one of which ought to 
> have a link to an indexing request. Well - we are talking about OS 
> neXt here. . . How does one do it from System Preferences or Finder?

You Get Info on the folder you want and tell it to Index. I have people 
who want to have it done automatically. Well, I use Terminal only  when 
I know the exact script. I'll check out the man cron and see if I can 
figure it out. Thanks!


Nanc

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