Update to latest Chromium build via shell script
Jun 05, '09 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: oblahdioblidaa
Jun 05, '09 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: oblahdioblidaa
If you want to stay on the bleeding edge of Chromium for OS X's development, the following shell script automatically downloads the latest build of Chromium for Mac. Open Terminal and create a new file with vi, emacs, nano, etc. Paste in the following code:
Save this script somewhere, make it executable (chmod a+x /path/to/script.sh), and schedule it with cron.
[robg adds: I tested this one, and it works as described. If you're interested in Chromium, I recently wrote a Chromium first look article for Macworld. Of course, there have been about 100 new builds since then, so things are moving quickly.
I also took the above script and wrapped it in an Automator action, along with a simple AppleScript (below) to quit Chromium if it's running -- I don't update often enough that I want to cron the task, but I wanted to make updating a simple one-click process. So I saved my workflow as an application, and put it on the Finder's toolbar. Here's the AppleScript I embedded in the workflow:
[robg adds: I tested this one, and it works as described. If you're interested in Chromium, I recently wrote a Chromium first look article for Macworld. Of course, there have been about 100 new builds since then, so things are moving quickly.
I also took the above script and wrapped it in an Automator action, along with a simple AppleScript (below) to quit Chromium if it's running -- I don't update often enough that I want to cron the task, but I wanted to make updating a simple one-click process. So I saved my workflow as an application, and put it on the Finder's toolbar. Here's the AppleScript I embedded in the workflow:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "System Events"
if exists (some process whose name contains "Chromium") then
tell application "Chromium" to quit
end if
end tell
end run
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