Running a process every N days

[danmcleran]

What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python
thread every N days. I'm running Python 2.4.3 on Fedora Core 5 Linux.
My code consists of a test and measurement system that runs 24/7 in a
factory setting. It collects alot of data and I'd like to remove all
data older than 30 days. My ideal solution would be something that
runs in the background but only wakes up to run every few days to
check for old data.

Thanks,

Dan McLeran

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-06-07, da********@yahoo.com <da********@yahoo.comwrote:

What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python
thread every N days.

man cron
man 5 crontab

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[Klaas]

On Jun 7, 3:27 pm, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python
thread every N days. I'm running Python 2.4.3 on Fedora Core 5 Linux.
My code consists of a test and measurement system that runs 24/7 in a
factory setting. It collects alot of data and I'd like to remove all
data older than 30 days. My ideal solution would be something that
runs in the background but only wakes up to run every few days to
check for old data.

google "cron"

-Mike

[Diez B. Roggisch]

da********@yahoo.com schrieb:

What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python
thread every N days. I'm running Python 2.4.3 on Fedora Core 5 Linux.
My code consists of a test and measurement system that runs 24/7 in a
factory setting. It collects alot of data and I'd like to remove all
data older than 30 days. My ideal solution would be something that
runs in the background but only wakes up to run every few days to
check for old data.

Use cron, the periodic task scheduler of your OS.

Diez

[David Bear]

da********@yahoo.com wrote:

What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python
thread every N days. I'm running Python 2.4.3 on Fedora Core 5 Linux.
My code consists of a test and measurement system that runs 24/7 in a
factory setting. It collects alot of data and I'd like to remove all
data older than 30 days. My ideal solution would be something that
runs in the background but only wakes up to run every few days to
check for old data.

Thanks,

Dan McLeran

And you can use cron to launch your python program?

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[kaens]

On 6/7/07, David Bear <da********@asu.eduwrote:

da********@yahoo.com wrote:

What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python
thread every N days. I'm running Python 2.4.3 on Fedora Core 5 Linux.
My code consists of a test and measurement system that runs 24/7 in a
factory setting. It collects alot of data and I'd like to remove all
data older than 30 days. My ideal solution would be something that
runs in the background but only wakes up to run every few days to
check for old data.

Thanks,

Dan McLeran

And you can use cron to launch your python program?

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yes.
man cron
man crontab

[Mark Westwood]

Hi Dan

FWIW I'd use logrotate for this.

Regards
Mark Westwood

On Jun 7, 11:27 pm, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python
thread every N days. I'm running Python 2.4.3 on Fedora Core 5 Linux.
My code consists of a test and measurement system that runs 24/7 in a
factory setting. It collects alot of data and I'd like to remove all
data older than 30 days. My ideal solution would be something that
runs in the background but only wakes up to run every few days to
check for old data.

Thanks,

Dan McLeran