Re: [Tutor] whats the best command to end a program
> what would be the best command to end a program with. > i have an app that i want to start every day at 6am from cron > but i want it to shutdown at 4pm > > i was going to check by time on every loop > > if int(time.strftime(%H)) > 4: > some end the program command > else: > continue > > what would be best used here ? i think using int(), strftime(), takes too much computation. what's wrong with just if time.localtime()[3] >= 16: # do cleanup # raise SystemExit or import sys;sys.exit() you don't even need the continue. hope this helps! -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2006,2001 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] whats the best command to end a program
if int(time.strftime(%H)) > 4:some end the program command else:continuewhat would be best used here ? I would use raise SystemExit But another possibility is: import sys then to exit sys.exit()-- There are 10 different types of people in the world.Those who understand binary and those who don't. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] whats the best command to end a program
right, greater > 16 was what i ment.
he he
it is not a gui.
is raise SystemExit built in ?
thanks gents
sk
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 21:49 +, Alan Gauld wrote:
> > what would be the best command to end a program with.
>
> If its Tkinter (or another GuI) there will be a quit command
> somewhere. Call that to ensure that the GUI framework gets
> tidied up properly.
>
> For normal programs
>
> import sys; sys.exit()
>
> You can pass an exit code to the outdside world as
> a parameter to exit too.
>
> or just
>
> raise SystemExit
>
> will work.
>
> > i have an app that i want to start every day at 6am from cron
> > but i want it to shutdown at 4pm
>
> OK, here you probably want system.exit(n) with a proper error
> code so that cron can tell if it worked or not...
>
> BTW strftime('%H') returns the hour in 24 hour format so you
> will want to check for 16 not 4...
>
> Alan G
> Author of the learn to program web tutor
> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
>
>
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Re: [Tutor] whats the best command to end a program
> what would be the best command to end a program with.
If its Tkinter (or another GuI) there will be a quit command
somewhere. Call that to ensure that the GUI framework gets
tidied up properly.
For normal programs
import sys; sys.exit()
You can pass an exit code to the outdside world as
a parameter to exit too.
or just
raise SystemExit
will work.
> i have an app that i want to start every day at 6am from cron
> but i want it to shutdown at 4pm
OK, here you probably want system.exit(n) with a proper error
code so that cron can tell if it worked or not...
BTW strftime('%H') returns the hour in 24 hour format so you
will want to check for 16 not 4...
Alan G
Author of the learn to program web tutor
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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