Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!gordon From: John Gordon Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Is there a way to schedule my script? Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:23:33 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1418847813 22915 166.84.1.3 (17 Dec 2014 20:23:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:23:33 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:82613 In Juan Christian writes: > The standard system "kill" command would probably work for this purpose, > assuming you have access to your main program's process ID. > There isn't any 'prettier' way? Such as a built-in or third-party module > for something common like that? If you're on Unix, 'kill' and 'cron' are already built-in. If you want to solve your problem entirely within Python, look at the "scheduler" module. (Although even this isn't a complete solution, as you still have to make sure the program is running in the first place...) -- 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'.