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Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs

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Date 2013-07-30 15:47 +0100
Subject Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.5313.1375195670.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:27:10 +0100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> for delay in 100,300,600,1000,3000,5000,10000:
>>   if not os.path.exists(directory): break
>>   sleep(delay)
>>
>> That'll sleep a maximum of 20 seconds, tune as required.
>
> Actually, that will sleep a maximum of 5.55 hours, and a minimum of 1.7
> minutes (assuming the directory doesn't get deleted instantaneously).
>
> time.sleep() takes an argument in seconds.

LOL! Whoops. That's what I get for not checking my docs. This is why
we have public responses, my errors can be caught by someone else.

ChrisA

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timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 12:16 -0700
  Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 00:52 +0100
    Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 06:10 -0700
      Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 14:27 +0100
        Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-30 14:07 +0000
          Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 15:47 +0100
        Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 08:37 -0700
          Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 17:03 +0100
      Re: timing issue: shutil.rmtree and os.makedirs Göktuğ Kayaalp <goktug.kayaalp@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 20:09 +0300

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