Robin Becker wrote: > I wish to prevent a python script from running twice; it's an hourly job, but > can take too long. > > [snip] > but it occurs to me that I might be killed with prejudice during the long > running work(). Is there a smart way to avoid running simultaneously. >
Well I can think of a dumb way: create a temporary file during the transaction and have your script check for that before running its main body. I think thats the most hassle free way of doing it. /W -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
