[Tutor] how to make a script do two things at once.

[nephish]

Michael Lange wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:23:20 -0500
>nephish <nephish at xit.net> wrote:
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>>Hey there,
>>i have a simple question about getting a script to do
>>two things at once.
>>like this.
>>
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>>for i in range(100):
>>    print i
>>    time.sleep(.2)
>>    if i == 15:
>>        os.system('python /home/me/ipupdate.py')
>>       
>>print 'done'
>>
>>when i run this, it stops at 15 and runs the script called out in the 
>>os.system line. i know it is supposed to do that. But, how could i get a 
>>script to do this without stopping the count (or delaying it unill the 
>>script called exits) I don' t have to run it this way, i can import it 
>>if necessary as a module. or whatever will work so i can execute two 
>>things at once.
>>
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>If you just need to call a unix system command you can simply add "&" to the command string to
>make it run in the background.
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>Regards
>
>Michael
>
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Well Cool , yeah, i run linux. this would work out great.
thanks!
shawn