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Re: Is there a way to schedule my script?

From John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Is there a way to schedule my script?
Date 2014-12-17 19:41 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In <mailman.17010.1418843457.18130.python-list@python.org> Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> writes:

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> I know about the schedule modules and such but they work in situations like
> 'run this in a X hours/minutes/seconds interval', I already have my code in
> a while loop with sleep (it's a bit ugly, I'l change to a scheduler soon).

> What I really want is, for example:

> 24/7/365
> 9:00 AM -> Start
> 11:59 PM -> Stop

> 9:00 AM ~ 11:50 PM -> Running
> 12:00 AM ~ 8:59 AM -> Stopped

> I want my script to start at a given time and stop at another given time,
> is that possible?

You could write a separate program whose only job is to send a STOP or
CONTINUE signal to your main program, and then run that program from a
scheduler.

The standard system "kill" command would probably work for this purpose,
assuming you have access to your main program's process ID.

-- 
John Gordon         Imagine what it must be like for a real medical doctor to
gordon@panix.com    watch 'House', or a real serial killer to watch 'Dexter'.

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Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 19:10 +0000
  Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-12-17 19:41 +0000
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 19:51 +0000
      Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-12-17 20:23 +0000
        Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 20:42 +0000
        Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 08:34 +1100
        Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 21:47 +0000
        Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 09:45 -0700
  Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-18 10:39 +1100
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 01:04 +0000
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 12:37 +0000
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 09:23 -0700
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 22:13 +0000
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-19 12:32 +1100
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-19 01:55 +0000
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-12-19 00:58 -0500
  Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Josh English <Joshua.R.English@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 09:13 -0800
    Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 18:29 +0000

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