On 2007-08-31, herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > In my python program, I would to like to spwan 5 threads, for the them > for 5 minutes maximum and the continue. Here is my script: > > threads = [] > > for j in range(5): > t = MyThread() > threads.append(t) > > for t in threads: > t.join(60*5) > print "thread join\n" > > # wait for 5 minutes for all the threads to complete , > and > # then continue > > But this code ends up waiting 5 minutes for **each** thread. that is > not what I want. I just want to wait for 5 minutes for all threads. > how can I do that? > > And after 5 minutes, i want to kill off all the threads I spawn > earlier, how can I do that in python.
You may wish to look at this. No guarantee though. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/2002d29c965534cc/5833130893cee567?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2&hl=nl#5833130893cee567 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
