cron is daemon running which maps the tasks with the frequency if you want to run a task at a specific time, you can schedule it for the same
if you need any help, ping on gtalk, can help you out Thanks, Nitin On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Von <von...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have read the cron man page just now,It says that cron wakes up every > minute to check task. > I will try install/uninstall with cron. > > Cheers, > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Von <von...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Nitin,I wonder how cron works,does it create a timer thread for >> each task? >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Nitin Pawar <nitinpawar...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I think to do so either you will need to schedule a cron or write a >>> daemon process which will run continuously. >>> Assuming that its running only once a day or say timely manner daemon >>> will be a costly affair for system resources >>> >>> To schedule crons for python, this might be useful (using yaml) >>> >>> http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/cron.html#About_cron_yaml >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Nitin >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Von <von...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Nitin,I need a python solution for that. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Nitin Pawar >>>> <nitinpawar...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> are you looking for something like cron? >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Von <von...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I have a python script running behind the scene,and I need it to call >>>>>> a method on sunday 9 o'clock. >>>>>> I get an idea,that I get the current time,and calculate the seconds to >>>>>> sunday 9 o'clock, >>>>>> then sleep these seconds and call my method,I think there could be an >>>>>> elegant way to resolve this. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Nitin Pawar >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Nitin Pawar >>> >>> >> > -- Nitin Pawar
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