Search within running python scripts

[Cameron Laird]

In article <1153778084.307580.192950 at p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,
Simon Forman <rogue_pedro at yahoo.com> wrote:
>gmax2006 wrote:
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>> > Yes, there are several ways.  What OS are you using?
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>> > ~Simon
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>> I have to use an os-independent approach.
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>> At this point I use a file as running-flag. It doesn't work so good.
>> Because if the python application breaks or get terminated, it won't
>> run again unless somebody deletes the flag file.
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>> Alan
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>Hmm,  I'm very far from being an expert on this, so hopefully someone
>who knows better will reply.
>You might have to check the OS your script is running on and do, say,
>what faulkner proposed for linux (and Mac?), and something like
>http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/474070 for
>windows.
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Particularly when I hear "os-independent", I think first of
binding to a socket.  While <URL: http://wiki.tcl.tk/1558 >
is written for a Tcl-based crowd, the commentary there ap-
plies quite well to Python.