Using Applescript to Sleep Computer

I tell it application "System Events". also run 10.5.5 and have no delay.

I use this:

--pmset changes and reads power management settings such as idle sleep
timing wake on administrative access automatic restart on power loss, etc.

set current_mode to do shell script "pmset -g | grep mode" --look for
current hibernate mode

if current_mode contains "3" then set the current_name to "sleep"
if current_mode contains "1" then set the current_name to "safe sleep"

display dialog "I'm in " & current_name & " mode. Set new mode!" buttons
{"sleep", "safe sleep", "cancel"} default button 3
set new_name to button returned of result

if new_name is "sleep" then set new_mode to "3"
if new_name is "safe sleep" then set new_mode to "1"

do shell script "pmset -a hibernatemode " & new_mode with administrator
privileges

display dialog "Go to " & new_name & " now?" buttons {"yes", "no"}
default button 2
if button returned of result is "yes" then tell application "System
Events" to sleep

Jackie Jones schrieb:
> In OS 10.4.11, I used this simple script to sleep the computer:
>
> tell application "Finder" to sleep
>
> In OS 10.5.5, this script has a long delay before the computer sleeps.
> Is there a better way to script sleep?