implementing a timer?

[waalp]

"Sylvain Thenault" <syt at gemini.logilab.fr> schreef in bericht
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> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:56:44 +0100, waalp <waalp at pissed.co.uk> wrote:
> >I'm trying to make a script that will check if i have mail every let's
say
> >10 minutes.So i tought let's use something like a timer. But i can't find
> >any documentation on how to implement something like this.
> >
> >I'm a beginner so it could be that i haven't looked in the right places.
> >Could somebody please help?
>
> see method "sleep" in the module "time"
>
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> Sylvain Thenault
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Thanks... that was just the pointer i needed!

Peter