Using AT on XP to run python script - MARK HAMMOND PLEASE READ

[Chris]

Interesting findings.  I know mine didn't work bcs the script I want
AT to execute sends me an email.  The script sends an email, then I
want it to run another AT command to set itself up to run again at a
later time.  But I can't get it to work.  If I run the script
manually, it runs, sends email and executes the proper AT command. 
But when AT fires off the task the script set up, nothing happens and
no more AT commands are set up.

"David LeBlanc" <whisper at oz.net> wrote in message news:<mailman.1023320948.13063.python-list at python.org>...
> This is most curious, but I believe the commands _are_ getting executed!
> 
> I tried the following (assume time is 16:30) "at 16:32 pythonw
> j:\python22\tools\idle\idle.py" (without the qoutes of course). At the
> appointed time, there was disk activity, but no idle window popped up (idle
> was chosen just to get something to pop up!). However, there _was_ a pythonw
> process running in the task manager! I think there might be a way to attach
> a console or get access to the GUI, but i'm not sure - maybe Mark Hammond
> might have a clue (he being the Python Win guru :) ).
> 
> I tried the following:
> #at_test.py
> import sys
> import time
> 
> tst = open("testfile.txt", 'a+')
> 
> tst.write(time.asctime() + "\n")
> 
> tst.close()
> 
> put into an 'at' job as: at xx:xx python j:\python22\at_test.py
> 
> I expected the output from this to be in j:\python22, but to my surprise, it
> was in c:\winnt\system32 where cmd.exe resides! testfile.txt contained the
> exact time the 'at' job was set to run at too!
> 
> I suspect your last example that produced no visible output did in fact work
> :)
> 
> In any case, it works - now if one could just get visible output!
> 
> David LeBlanc
> Seattle, WA USA
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: python-list-admin at python.org
> > [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Chris Stromberger
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 17:35
> > To: python-list at python.org
> > Subject: Using AT on XP to run python script
> >
> >
> > I'm having trouble getting AT on XP to run a python script for me.
> > Have tried:
> >
> > at xx:xx "c:\python21\python.exe c:\scripts\script.py"
> > at xx:xx "start c:\scripts\script.py"
> > at xx:xx "c:\scripts\script.py"
> >
> > and get "the system cannot find the file specified" for the first two.
> > The last version does nothing apparently--no error indication or
> > anything.
> >
> > I imagine it is related to user accounts and such.  Anyone have any
> > pointers?
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