UNIX command to open applications

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UNIX command to open applications

I'm looking for a UNIX command to open any application on a client machine.

I am also looking for a command to set the time of each machine to use a Network Time Server.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Posted on Jul 18, 2006 12:23 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Jul 18, 2006 12:40 PM in response to Mahoney

Try using the open and timed commands.

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Answer 2

Jul 18, 2006 12:51 PM in response to Mahoney

open /Applications/path...

e.g.

open /Applications/Safari.app

time server:

# turn on network time and designate a network time server.
systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on;
systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver time.apple.com;

the time unix commands are available as a template from the send unix command window.

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Answer 3

larkost

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Jul 18, 2006 1:01 PM in response to alternapop

Or, if you are less worried about Trojans using the same name of the application, you can also use:

open -a <application name>

But in a script to be run on lots of computers it is probably better to hard-code the location.

Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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Answer 4

Mahoney Author

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Jul 18, 2006 4:26 PM in response to larkost

Thank you everyone for all of the help!

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Answer 5

Mahoney Author

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Jul 19, 2006 4:42 PM in response to alternapop

I tried the Network Time Server command and I received an error that said that command can only be used from Mac OS X Server. Any ideas on a command that would work from a non-server machine?

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Mahoney Author

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Jul 20, 2006 7:04 AM in response to Mahoney

Received an error.

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Answer 7

Aug 10, 2006 6:36 PM in response to Mahoney

see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=582541&tstart=30

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