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Killing remote apps (with applescipt?)
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ethorteran
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Feb 1, 2002, 12:27 AM
 
My mom is doing a backup, and her backup app stops at locked apps, so i need to quit apps like BBEdit et al that lock their prefs files. How can i do this in an automated fasion?

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Feb 1, 2002, 01:53 PM
 
umm.. tell application "BBEdit" to quit?
     
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Feb 1, 2002, 07:47 PM
 
Originally posted by Angus_D:
<STRONG>umm.. tell application "BBEdit" to quit?</STRONG>
He wants to do this remotely like:

tell computer "63.445.323.4" to tell application "BBEdit" to quit

I am not really familiar with this type of stuff though :/
     
   
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