How to limit CPU usage in Python

[Terry Reedy]

On 9/20/2012 11:12 AM, Rolando Cañer Roblejo wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible for me to put a limit in the amount of processor usage (%
> CPU) that my current python script is using? Is there any module useful
> for this task? I saw Resource module but I think it is not the module I
> am looking for. Some people recommend to use nice and cpulimit unix
> tools, but those are external to python and I prefer a python solution.
> I am working with Linux (Ubuntu 10.04).

Call the external tools with subprocess.open.

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Terry Jan Reedy