Scheduled automatic file copying question

Hi,
I'm not sure that this is the right place to post this question. If not, please move the question to the proper place or let me know where I should post it.
I'm using OSX Planet (http://www.gabrielotte.com/osxplanet/main.html) which is a nice program that makes my background screen a picture of the Earth that shows the current cloud cover and light and shadow areas. The image is updated as often as you 'd like showing "live" results.
I'd like to copy the image file that the OS Planet generates to use as the background. Since the imaged changes every few minutes (the settings I use) I'd like to copy the newest image file whenever it's created. After a few days I'll have several images which I'll compile into a nice time lapse movie.
I could sit at my Mac for 48 hours and click and duplicate the image file every time a new image file is created, but I don't really want to do that. How can I set something up to duplicate the image file automatically every five minutes or so?
Thanks.
Jim

Unfortunately, there are probably no ways you could do this in a way that would not interrupt your minute-by-minute work without some Automator actions available from the programmer.
I emailed him for you. Maybe he'll get in touch with you.
The easiest (but most interrupting) way would be to have Automator bring the OSXplanet app to the foreground, take a screen capture of it, and dump that into some folder you designate for your desktop pictures, perhaps. You will have to automate naming these in a series as well, so they don't get overwritten.
That's at least one concept for you to go from.
Let us know your progress.

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