to autorun a workflow?

[thelostrose]

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!

 

[Ric]

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

 

[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

 

[thelostrose]

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

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

no problem !

I thought you might be doing that !

regards

Ric

 

[leowoo]

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

 

[thelostrose]

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

 

[leowoo]

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

Cheers
Leon

 

[thelostrose]

glad i could help!

 

[Ric]

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