Add sleep for mac

[reinhillmann]

!/usr/bin/python

import subprocess
subprocess.call('echo "tell application "Finder" to sleep" | osascript ', shell=True)

[arjun024]

Thanks Rein. Cool.
Since, i don't have a mac to test i have added the file in test/turnoff-test.py
Should work fine i guess, still could you test it in yours ;)

[arjun024]

could you have a look at this pull request

[reinhillmann]

Hi,

My code above had a small bug in it. The code needs a double backslash around Finder or else it assumes that Finder is a variable:

This does not work:
import subprocess
subprocess.call('echo "tell application "Finder" to sleep" | osascript ', shell=True)
17:23: execution error: The variable Finder is not defined. (-2753)

This works:
import subprocess
subprocess.call('echo "tell application "Finder" to sleep" | osascript ', shell=True)

Other than that, it all seems fine.

[reinhillmann]

Ugh, it seems the comment system removes the double slash. It should be
\ \ " Finder \ \ "
(remove the spaces)

[arjun024]

@frytaz in #2 suggested this:

subprocess.call('echo \'tell application "Finder" to sleep\' | osascript', shell=True)

looks much cleaner in terms of slashes. wht say?

[reinhillmann]

Yeah that looks good to me.

[aslily1234]

subprocess.call('echo 'tell application "Finder" to sleep' | osascript', shell=True) is not ok for my mac.

but
os.system("pmset displaysleepnow") is ok for my mac