From [email protected] on July 21, 2010 13:39:27

I'll look and see if there is a Cocoa framework that does this. Do you have an example of another app that does this sort of thing?

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From [email protected] on July 21, 2010 13:49:39

Umm, you mean by using Cocoa or some other methods?

Not that I know at this moment, that applescript-hackish-thingy has worked for me.

I am not sure what that old iHook could do, it probably does not hurt to look at it's source: http://ihook.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ihook/ihook/

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From [email protected] on July 21, 2010 13:58:44

No, any commerical or Apple-supplied app that does this. I'm wondering if this is Apple-sanctioned behavior... If not, there's not likely to be a "native" way to do it.

Again this could be handled in a preflight script...

-Greg

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From [email protected] on August 22, 2010 03:08:20

This can be achieved by inserting plain-old-applescript in /usr/local/munki/updatecheckhelper between sleep and managedsoftwareupdate --auto -commands:

sleep $seconds

send empty keystroke which wakes up the screen and disables screensaver running over loginwindow

/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "System Events"' -e 'key code "" using control down' -e 'end tell'

/usr/local/munki/managedsoftwareupdate --auto

(This could also be inserted in managedsoftwareupdate to be run on every check and install cycle but that is another story...and it could be managed by a separate key in ManagedInstalls.plist...yet another to-do-later...)

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From [email protected] on February 02, 2011 01:25:36

To do this in Carbon, code:

#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
main() {
while (1==1) {
UpdateSystemActivity(OverallAct);
sleep(30);
}
}

I think the code speaks for itself, so unless the machine goes to deep sleep before 30 seconds has passed this will do the trick I think.

Compile as UB:
cc -arch ppc -o keypressppc keypress.c -framework Carbon
cc -arch i386 -o keypressi386 keypress.c -framework Carbon
lipo keypresspcc keypressi386 -create -o keypress

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From [email protected] on February 03, 2011 04:46:07

Thank you very much [email protected].

This works, it keeps sends screen lit when it is running.

As this "application" keeps running until it is terminated (while loop is true forever) it needs to be killed after munki has run.

Otherwise it will keep system awake as it sends activity message to system every 30 seconds.

-MiqViq

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From [email protected] on February 09, 2011 01:46:52

Yes, I needs to be killed... You could remove the loop and loop it from the munki script too.

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