[Tutor] Scheduling Python Execution
Alan Gauld
alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Mon Apr 15 10:51:37 CEST 2013
On 15/04/13 06:59, Zaki Akhmad wrote:
> I'd like to execute python script for specific times. I prefer not to
> use cron, since this times will be very varies.
multiple cron jobs will be less work for your computer than running a
long term program constantly checking times and launching your
scripts... That's called reinventing the wheel with a square one...
There are more modern (and more efficent) replacements for cron but
given your requirements cron still looks like the best bet.
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