How can I programmatically change the background in Mac OS X?

Question

How would I go about programmatically changing the desktop background in Mac OS X? I\'d like to use python, but I\'m interested in any way possible. Could I hook up to Ter

Answer 1

There are a default collection of quality images in:

/Library/Desktop Pictures/

To automate the selection of one of these across all desktops, without a 3rd party dependency:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set picture of every desktop to "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors/Stone.png"'