On Mar 7, 10:28 am, sophie_newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a cgi script that performs a very long computation that can > take several hours to complete. Is there any smart way that I can keep > this script running until it is finished (after the user has closed > the browser) and email them with the results. The email bit isn't the > problem, I just don't know how to keep the code running in the > background. I'm sure there is a smart way to do this... > > Thanks!
You might have your cgi script use the subprocess module to open a second script that does the long-running process. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
