>> I use SuperDuper! to do regular backups on my machine. It's nice in that I >> can tell it to run an AppleScript before starting that will quit my Database >> Daemon. >> >> I notice, however, that my wife's Daemon is not affected by this in her >> identity. And so, a few questions: >> >> 1. Is it possible to quit her Database Daemon from a script run on my side? > > Yes, you can - but you need to have remote access scripting (or whatever it > is called nowadays) turned on on her machine. You may also need adminn > rights to terminate an app. You will also need to do: > > tell app "mic...daemon" of machine "my wife's imac's name" to quit
She's just another user on this machine, not on a different computer. >> 2. Does "killall" in the shell do the same thing as AppleScript's "tell app >> to quit" syntax? Scripting a killall would be easy... > > Probably, but 'tell... To quit is a 'soft' quit. It allows the app to do > it's tidying up first. By default "kill" (and killall) send a "TERM" signal to the process. I was hoping someone might know whether the Database Daemon does the same thing with the quit AppleEvent as it does when it gets a "TERM" signal. >> 3. Do I need to kill the Alerts Daemon too? > > Erm... What's the 'alerts' daemon? Uh, I'm not sure. Don't you have one running too? >> 4. In the Activity Monitor, my Daemon is called "Database Daemon", but my >> wife's is called "Microsoft Database Daemon". Why would those be different? > > Different versions. Weird, looks like I need to take care of that... - B -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
