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Re: How to limit CPU usage in Python

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On Jueves septiembre 20 2012 11:12:44 Rolando Cañer Roblejo escribió:
> 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 useful
> 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.
> I am working with Linux (Ubuntu 10.04).
> 
> Best regards.

Hola,
Sometimes a stupid solution like the following does the trick:

> import time
> for t in tasks:
>     do_something(t)
>     time.sleep(some_seconds)

where "some_seconds" is a number related to the typical time-scale of the 
tasks you are doing.

Hope it helps,

Regards


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