Pausing python programs

[max khesin]

Graham wrote:

> How can I cause a python program to pause/suspend execution for a period of
> time?  I am checking status of an external system and only want to check
> every second as opposed to my current which checks may times a secnod and
> hogs my cpu in the process!!!
> 
> Thank you to anyone who can help.
> 
> Graham Smith
> 
> PeopleSoft Technical Team Leader
> OXFAM GB
> +44 (1865) 313255
> gsmith at oxfam.org.uk
> 
> 
> 
Sleep() (at least on windoze) will suspend your app from execution. From 
some experiments I think Python's time.sleep() uses it.
max