Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl script to trigger restart?

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

I have an AppleScript OSAX called "Shutdown" which also does restarts.
Never used it, but I am sure you could figure it out.  You should be able
to find it on the net; if not, I can e-mail it to you.

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At 1.01 97/3/13, Davey wrote:
>Hi again...
>
>Thanks for the advice on the SMTP by the way... looks like I have that one
>licked.
>
>Anyway, I wondered if any of you know of a way to trigger a Mac restart
>from a perl script?  Any libraries you can point me to?
>
>The reason I am interested in this one is because I'd like to write a
>program I can trigger by sending a command via the web.  In this way I
>could restart the computer and reboot everything if something went down and
>I was not around the machine.  Really good if I am at work and I need to
>get at something but NetPrez goes down.  If the PPP goes down and back up
>NP breaks, but Quid Pro Quo, my web server, doesn't.
>
>Thanks..
>
>
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