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From: Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is there a way to schedule my script?
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On Wed Dec 17 2014 at 5:45:31 PM John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> wrote:
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.

There isn't any 'prettier' way? Such as a built-in or third-party module
for something common like that?

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed Dec 17 2014 at 5:45:31 PM John Gordon &lt=
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heduler.<br> <br> The standard system &quot;kill&quot; command would probab=
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