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Subject: Re: Python scheduler
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On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 23:04 -0500, Rita wrote:

> Here is what I am trying to do. (Currently, I am doing this in cron
> but i need much more granularity). I am trying to run program every 20
> secs and loop forever. I have several of these types of processes,
> some should run every 5 mins, 10 secs, 20 secs, 1 min and so forth. I
> was wondering what is the best way to do this?

If you need a scheduler - use a scheduler! :)

<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/APScheduler/>

Works great, and very flexible.


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Adam Tauno Williams  GPG D95ED383
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