iChat command line on/off?

TommyWillB · #1 December 21st, 2003, 03:06 PM

Is there a way to Connect/Disconnect and/or set the Available/Away status of iChat from the command line?

I know I can launch it and kill it's process command line, but that's not quite what I'm after.

Are there any other choices?

**Giaguara** · #2 December 21st, 2003, 05:11 PM

Disconnect for sure .. sometimes ichat gets stuck, and I kill if from command line. So top and then kill whatever number it shows for iChat agent. Never tried to connect from terminal though.

phatcactus · #3 December 21st, 2003, 06:47 PM

An Applescript would surely be of some use.

glemme · #4 December 27th, 2003, 09:49 PM

Use AppleScript together with:
osacompile(1) - compile AppleScripts and other OSA language scripts
osascript(1) - execute AppleScripts and other OSA language scripts

And you should have a working solution..

/glemme

TommyWillB · #5 December 28th, 2003, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glemme

Use AppleScript together with:
osacompile(1) - compile AppleScripts and other OSA language scripts
osascript(1) - execute AppleScripts and other OSA language scripts

And you should have a working solution..

/glemme

Huh?

Can you give me the step-by-step Applesript newbie verson of this answer?

glemme · #6 January 14th, 2004, 10:14 AM

Just write an applescript that does what it is supposed to do. Read the applescript documentation for iChat.
After that is done. Use the script toghether with the CLI tools osacompile and osascript to make a CLI app that does what you want it to.
Simple enough? I am not in here that often so try it yourself first...

/glemme