Hi Dan FWIW I'd use logrotate for this.
Regards Mark Westwood On Jun 7, 11:27 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python > thread every N days. I'm running Python 2.4.3 on Fedora Core 5 Linux. > My code consists of a test and measurement system that runs 24/7 in a > factory setting. It collects alot of data and I'd like to remove all > data older than 30 days. My ideal solution would be something that > runs in the background but only wakes up to run every few days to > check for old data. > > Thanks, > > Dan McLeran -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list