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| Date | 2013-06-16 16:56 -0400 |
| Subject | Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast |
| From | "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3460.1371416186.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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Thank you! On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:06 PM, C. N. Desrosiers <cndesrosiers@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm planning to buy a Macbook Air and I want to use it as a sort of >> alarm. I'd like to write a program that boots my computer at a specific >> time, loads iTunes, and starts playing a podcast. Is this sort of thing >> possible in Python? >> > > Python cannot do this by itself, as has already been mentioned. > > If you're using a Mac, you can schedule your computer to turn on (and/or > off) using System Preferences->Energy Saver->Schedule... > > Then run a Python script in a cron job. > > In fact, you could do this in bash ;) > > HTH, > Jason > -- Christian Nicolás Desrosiers Master of City Planning candidate School of Architecture + Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology t. 717 860 6252 e. cnd@mit.edu www.twitter.com/cndesrosiers
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Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 12:06 -0700
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-16 19:22 +0000
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:34 -0400
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:25 -0400
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 21:44 +0200
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:49 -0400
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-16 16:18 -0400
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 16:56 -0400
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 07:55 +1000
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast inq1ltd <inq1ltd@inqvista.com> - 2013-06-17 09:24 -0400
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2013-06-17 19:03 +0200
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "Lefavor, Matthew (GSFC-582.0)[MICROTEL LLC]" <matthew.lefavor@nasa.gov> - 2013-06-17 10:02 -0500
Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 17:52 +0000
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