[Tutor] automate daily tasks

[Alan Gauld]

"chinni" <srikanth007m at gmail.com> wrote

> I am working on MAC OS x my project is updating all ready installed
> products.I have to automate this in python.so,can any one will give 
> some

sounds fair.

> project is ... i think u all know that there will be a plist file 
> for each
> product in mac.

I wouldn't assume too much knowledge of how MacOS works,
despite Apple's recent successes its still very much a
minority OS! I own an iBook and use the Terminal for unix
type stuff but I rarely delve inside the MacOs specifics.

> i have to degrade the version of plist automatically through
> my script and it has to edit the plist file and degrade it to least 
> version
> and as to check for updates by itself.like this there are 15 
> products under
> this now each time i can't go and degrade the version and save it 
> and run
> updates manually..so,that can any one plz..tell me how to start from 
> first
> step...

Nope, sorry. You lost me on that one.
Can you give some example data formats.
And maybe show us what you are trying to do with them?


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