run terminal command at startup?

[maximus06]

Seems like a simple thing to do, yet I've searched and not found an answer.

Automator doesn't seem to have a terminal function...?

Does anyone know?

 

[xUKHCx]

They way i would do it is to use applescript "do shell script" save that as a script and then put it in login items.

 

[maximus06]

They way i would do it is to use applescript "do shell script" save that as a script and then put it in login items.

I don't know how though. You cant just paste the command and expect it to work right? I mean I don't know apple script

EDIT: Tried that, didn't work.

 

[xUKHCx]

I don't know how though. You cant just paste the command and expect it to work right? I mean I don't know apple script

EDIT: Tried that, didn't work.

What is the terminal script that you want to run as it sometimes needs tweaking to be able to run from inside applescript.

Also I think that you have to save it as an application to work now (could've sworn it used to work just as a script file in Tiger)

 

[pilotError]

There has to be a better way than this, but you can always try calling your scripts like this:

Here's one page that Mac Specific:

http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Startup/index.ws

Another that's BSD specific:

http://osresources.com/2_10_en.html

I've done it in other *nix's but Apple usually has better ways of dealing with it.

 

[xUKHCx]

Ok having thought about it a bit more something triggered in my brain, can't believe i didn't suggest it before (but then again my sleeping patterns have been all out of whack at the mo).

Lingon - Ok it is basically a GUI to editing launchd but it'll do the trick

 

[ethernet76]

Check out this link. http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Startup/index.ws

It has everything you need to make the shell script execute on start up without having to mess around with applescript.

 

[xUKHCx]

Check out this link. http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Startup/index.ws

It has everything you need to make the shell script execute on start up without having to mess around with applescript.

Look two posts above yours, notice anything familiar.

 

[lawlist]

We need an updated link please for a current tutorial.

The link to the osxfaq tutorial no longer works. Can someone please post a link to a current step-by-step to do this without an applescript. Thanks.

 

[panZ]

web.archive.org

I know this is a stale thread but I found it on google. I also found the article that was removed from the original (down) host in a web archive.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100819153637/http://osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Startup/index.ws