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Cron is a time-based job scheduler found in most Unix-like computer operating systems, like macOS. Cron is driven by a crontab (cron table) file, a configuration file that specifies commands to run periodically on a given schedule. This tag should be use when dealing with any cron issues.
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Write cron script to open and exit application
You can read the manual page for command in Terminal by typing command and then right-click on it and select: Open man Page
cron example:
From the manual page for crontab:
(Darwin note: Although cron … Notes:
I recommend you read the manual pages for cron and crontab. …
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How to get macOS Wi-Fi device name programmatically in Bash script?
In your question I know you used networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder however I'd use networksetup -listallhardwareports instead as it's easier to parse the output using awk, by itself, with a minimu …
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Launch app in foreground doesn't work from cron, but does from terminal
For me on macOS High Sierra, e.g.:
* * * * * open -a TextWrangler ~/notes.txt; open -a Notes
works as is, both apps come to the front.
Try adding, e.g.:
; osascript -e 'tell app "TextWrangler" t …
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Crontab stopped running after upgrading to mac os 10.8.5
I'm running OS X 10.8.5 and use CronniX to setup my cron job, it works just fine in OS X 10.8.5. …
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Cron job can't access Documents - "Tar: Desktop: Couldn't visit directory: Unknown error: -1"
To resolve the issue, add cron and tar to: System Preferences > Security > Privacy > Full Disk Access
To address your comment, "I had to do this for both cron and tar, even though tar is the only program … :
I had read this article in the past: How to Fix Cron Permission Issues in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, & Mojave …
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