#applescript.
For Pete … following our conversation the other day about AppleScript, here’s a brief concoction for your noodle:
(* first, let’s launch some apps for fun: *)
(* we’ll start w/ just Mail *)
tell application “Mail”
activate
end tell(* then we’ll launch Safari and size the window *)
tell application “Safari”
activate
repeat with i from 1 to the count of documents
do JavaScript “moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availHeight)” in document i
end repeat
end tell(* then we’ll launch iChat, size its window, and position it so *)
tell application “iChat”
activate
copy the bounds of window 1 to {x1, y1, x2, y2}
set the window_width to x2 - x1
set the window_height to y2 - y1
set the bounds of window 1 to {0, 22, window_width, 22 + window_height}
end tell(* now we’ll attempt to mount a shared Windows volume *)
try
mount volume “smb://WORKGROUP;username@computerName/ShareName”
end try(* but that’s not enough, we need to back up some data too *)
do shell script “rsync -CSraztue ssh –exclude=”\.*” –no-whole-file ~/Documents /Volumes/ShareName/backup_dir”(* and since we don’t need that mounted volume anymore… *)
eject SHARENAME(* and since we’re expecting visitors via VNC: *)
tell application “OSXvnc”
activate
end tell
(* and the “System Events” hack to activate OSXvnc *)
tell application “System Events”
tell process “OSXvnc”
tell window “OSXvnc (1.32)”
click button “Start Server”
end tell
end tell
end tell
Hopefully that’s a good starter set.
