scheduling events

Gerhard Häring gh at ghaering.de
Fri Jun 20 11:20:04 EDT 2003


Michele Simionato wrote:
> I would like a python script that execute a given command at a fixed
> time (for instance, today at 15:30). It should be portable to both
> Linux and Windows. I am too lazy to look at the sched module today,
> therefore I will take my chance at c.l.p. ;) Any hints ?

The most portable and IMO best way is to let the system administrator 
install a job.

The only portable pure-Python solution I know is to use time.sleep().

-- Gerhard





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