python call a procedure at the specified time

Wed Sep 15 03:25:32 EDT 2010

Thanks Nitin,I wonder how cron works,does it create a timer thread for each
task?
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Nitin Pawar <nitinpawar432 at gmail.com>wrote:
> I think to do so either you will need to schedule a cron or write a daemon
> process which will run continuously.
> Assuming that its running only once a day or say timely manner daemon will
> be a costly affair for system resources
>> To schedule crons for python, this might be useful (using yaml)
>> http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/cron.html#About_cron_yaml
>> Thanks,
> Nitin
>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Von <vontio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Nitin,I need a python solution for that.
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Nitin Pawar <nitinpawar432 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>> are you looking for something like cron?
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Von <vontio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a python script running behind the scene,and I need it to call a
>>>> method on sunday 9 o'clock.
>>>> I get an idea,that I get the current time,and calculate the seconds to
>>>> sunday 9 o'clock,
>>>> then sleep these seconds and call my method,I think there could be an
>>>> elegant way to resolve this.
>>>>>>>> Regards,
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>> Nitin Pawar
>>>>>>>>>>> --
> Nitin Pawar
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