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I am newbie to Mac Mini. Can you explore the steps to schedule a task & how to run it. I am trying to schedule a software i.e. BucketCommander.jar, its a command line version of Bucket Explorer.

I tried iCal to scheduled, but it takes parameters to run. Normally to run on command prompt, the require following parameters- java -jar BucketCommander.jar -action:upload -authenticate:my_profile_name -emailprofile:email_profile

If I schedule through iCal then how to pass those parameters. Please explain complete process of scheduled task.

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Consider using Cronnix to schedule tasks. It is a GUI frontend to the common UNIX cron scheduler.

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I tried cronnix with Bucket Commander, I gave command that is java -jar /path_of_folder/BucketCommander.jar -action:upload -authenticate:my_profile_name -emailprofile:email_profile, but it is prompting for license not found though my folder contain license. I think it is not reading license & config from same folder, but I have given correct path where jar has been kept. It is running version of commander, which I tried to schedule. Provide me guidance, if cronnix unable to perform this task then iCal or Automator can be helpful, let me know the steps for scheduling with those two. – sonia Apr 7 '11 at 4:36
Cronnix or cron should be able to do what you need. Maybe there's something wrong with BucketCommander or your java installation. I'd start there. – Alex Reynolds Apr 7 '11 at 6:12
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