I need to execute a script every day at a specified time. (The script exports data to a csv file.) As far as I can tell, I can't do this without a plug-in. What is the best way for me to schedule a script? I am somewhat confused about what I've read so far. Has anyone done a simple daily script execution before? Is there anything similar to cron (which can execute UNIX shell scripts)?

The Troi Activator plug-in will run a script at a specified time:

http://www.troi.com/

See if this helps.

Yes! I will try this first thing tomorrow morning. The part that didn't click for me is that I could trigger scripts (including external ones) on opening a file. Then I can use iCal or cron or something else to schedule the opening of the file.

Brilliant! Thank you!