Re: Running a python code periodically

[Terry Reedy]

"Maryam Saeedi" <ma.saeedi@gmai l.comwrote in message
news:ee9cd3be08 05080902g48e641 bxbcf1d5578620d efe@mail.gmail. com...
|I was wondering if you know how can I run a python code once every five
| minutes for a period of time either using python or some other program
like
| a bash script.

I expect the following should work.

from time import sleep
while True: #or
# for i in range(nunber_of _cycles):
do_whatever()
sleep(600)

assuming do_whatever() is quick and you do not need exactly 5 minute
intervals.


| I have asked this question before and some of you answered me but I still
| have problem. Most of the answers was to use cron and crontab which works
on
| my computer but not if I want to do it on department's computer since I
do
| not have permission to change those files. Is there any other way which
does
| not need administrator permission?

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Re: Running a python code periodically

On May 8, 3:31 pm, "Terry Reedy" <tjre...@udel.e duwrote:

"Maryam Saeedi" <ma.sae...@gmai l.comwrote in message
>
news:ee9cd3be08 05080902g48e641 bxbcf1d5578620d efe@mail.gmail. com...
|I was wondering if you know how can I run a python code once every five
| minutes for a period of time either using python or some other program
like
| a bash script.
>
I expect the following should work.
>
from time import sleep
while True: #or
# for i in range(nunber_of _cycles):
  do_whatever()
  sleep(600)
>
assuming do_whatever() is quick and you do not need exactly 5 minute
intervals.
>
| I have asked this question before and some of you answered me but I still
| have problem. Most of the answers was to use cron and crontab which works
on
| my computer but not if I want to do it on department's computer since I
do
| not have permission to change those files. Is there any other way which
does
| not need administrator permission?

I'm on Windows, but it's fine.

I've written a driver for in-time hooks with the Keyboard and Mouse
before, just not in Python. If MinGW can color it, it'll show up on
the newsgroup. From preliminary evaluations of the number of
dimensions of human perception (including basis vectra), you could
pass colors in time: colors harmonize in more dimensions than sound
does; you couldn't do the same thing with sound, necessarily, unless
you seat at a bar.