to autorun a workflow?

i'm not sure if my question fits in here or the 'shell programming' section, but i try it at first here.

i've got a fine working automator-workflow. the thing is, i want it to autorun after opening the file.

using the terminal i have the following command:

open /Applications/automator.app /Users/Michael/automator/virtual1.workflow

but this only opens it, but doesn't start it.

how can i do it? or is there a possibility to change it within the automator.application?

thanks in advance!

Hi there and welcome !

Is there a reason that you want to do this via Terminal ?

You can also, do a Save as in Automator as an Application...

Then use an App such as CronniX to tell the App to 'run' a ta a certain time...

You can also use iCal to schedule the Workflow to run, watch the movie here.

regards

Ric

Hi there,

just notices I didn't 'actually' answer your question ?!*

To run the workflow in the Terminal, do a "save as" an Application in Automator then call it like below...






regards

Ric

thanks for your help. i just didn't see the wood for the trees. the solution was so obvious...

and... the reason why i start it via the terminal is because the automator.app is part of a crontab.

cheers

Hi there,

no problem !

I thought you might be doing that !

regards

Ric

Hi there

I too have been trying to figure out how to automatically execute automator workflows, so this thread has been very helpful thank you, but i have one more question. How can I repeatedly execute a workflow? say every 10 mins. The iCal method only allows daily scheduling of scripts. Any thougths? any ideas would be appreciated.

Cheers :-)

Leon

you can do that by writing a crontab.

1. create a shellscript e.g. 'worklflow.sh' with pico with the terminal

#!/bin/sh
#########
# Workflow #
#########

open /Users/xxxxx/workflow.app

2. create a crontab, again with pico e.g. 'crontab.cron'

# Script

0 * * * * /Users/Michael/workflow.sh

check man the man-pages in the terminal for more info how you can use a crontab and what the stars ando so on mean. i'm in a bit of a hurry, so my reply is a bit short.

anyways, hope this helps, if you got questions, feel free to ask me, though it may take some time for me to reply! cheers

Awesome, thanks for your help, that was just the nudge i needed!

Cheers
Leon

glad i could help!

Very nice !

Hi all and welcome !

If editing crontab's aren't for you then further up the thread there is a link to CronniX...this will also do what you want.

regards

Ric