[Russian Mac fan]

I found Kudown, but it doesn't work in Panther/Tiger

[nforcer]

How about this:

1. Make an Applescript using Script Editor. The script should be
   [PHP]
   tell application "System Events"
   sleep
   end tell
   [/PHP]
   (not really PHP code but this bulletin board code crap sucks)
2. Save that Applescript somewhere you like.
3. Open iCal. Make a new event. Name it "Sleep Comp" or something, give it an Alarm event of "Run Script", select the sleep script you saved in step 2 and schedule it to execute "1 minute before" or something.

Should be able to sleep any time you want now. You can use iCal to easily make scheduled sleeps that repeat throughout the week or only on certain days.

[Russian Mac fan]

OK, well, I tried something like this before but with Cronnix (not iCal).

The problem is now after 10.4.1 and the latest Security Update this script cannot run when my screensaver is running that requires a password to dismiss. Other scripts work fine behind the screensaver.

By the way, does iCal need to be open in order for the alarm and the script to execute?

[nforcer]

Originally Posted by Russian Mac fan

does iCal need to be open in order for the alarm and the script to execute?

I don't think so. There is a background process (iCal Helper I think) that keeps track of alarm stuff.