"Maryam Saeedi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |I was wondering if you know how can I run a python code once every five | minutes for a period of time either using python or some other program like | a bash script.
I expect the following should work. from time import sleep while True: #or # for i in range(nunber_of_cycles): do_whatever() sleep(600) assuming do_whatever() is quick and you do not need exactly 5 minute intervals. | I have asked this question before and some of you answered me but I still | have problem. Most of the answers was to use cron and crontab which works on | my computer but not if I want to do it on department's computer since I do | not have permission to change those files. Is there any other way which does | not need administrator permission? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list