On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 6:20 PM, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all. Just thought I'd ask a general question for my own interest. Every > time I think of something I might do in Python, it usually involves creating > a GUI interface, so I was wondering what kind of work you all do with Python > that does *not* involve any GUI work. This could be any little scripts you > write for your own benefit, or what you do at work, if you feel like talking > about that! :) > > Thanks. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
I write a lot of job control and process monitoring scripts in Linux. Stuff that forks and execs processes, and then monitors procfs and sysfs to collect periodic data. I actually wouldn't mind doing a GUI for it, but pretty much all of the data display I need from it I can do by taking the data files and running them through gnuplot. (That, and I'm too lazy to figure out how to rewrite my telemetry plotter from Java to Python.) I guess I also write some data conversion programs, mostly the sort of thing where I have a bunch of data that I didn't think far enough in advance how I needed to be able to display it, so I just write something to convert it to where I need it. Incidentally, I used to do that all in Java too, until other people in my research group started making fun of me for it and also for not really knowing a scripting language. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
