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Answer 1

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time.sleep(10*60)

you might want to look into cron or Scheduled Tasks services of the OS.

SilentGhost 2010-02-22 16:25:53

`sleep` is an awful way to do this; it is inaccurate and inflexible. Depending on the task, an OS scheduler like `cron` would be a great way to go.

Mike Graham 2010-02-22 17:15:08

@Mike: and why do you think that this method should be precise?

SilentGhost 2010-02-22 17:17:51

Answer 2

+1 A:

The sched module is worth a look.

Strawberry 2010-02-22 16:29:43

How would i use time.sleep in a loop?

Morpheous 2010-02-22 16:43:57

@Morpheus: You wouldn't use `time.sleep()` in a loop with `sched`.

S.Lott 2010-02-22 19:11:36

Answer 3

A:

for checking of files, you may want to try pyinotify

2010-02-22 16:40:00

that's linux only

SilentGhost 2010-02-22 16:40:53

Scheduling Python Programs