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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: How to limit CPU usage in Python
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:53:41 -0400
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On 9/20/2012 12:46 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 9/20/2012 11:12 AM, Rolando Ca=C3=B1er Roblejo wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is it possible for me to put a limit in the amount of processor usage =
(%
>> CPU) that my current python script is using? Is there any module usefu=
l
>> for this task? I saw Resource module but I think it is not the module =
I
>> am looking for. Some people recommend to use nice and cpulimit unix
>> tools, but those are external to python and I prefer a python solution=
=2E
>> I am working with Linux (Ubuntu 10.04).
>
> Call the external tools with subprocess.open.

I meant to end that with ? as I don't know how easy it is to get the=20
external id of the calling process that is to be limited. I presume that =

can be done by first calling ps (with subprocess) and searching the=20
piped-back output.


--=20
Terry Jan Reedy