Cron is best for this, and you should be able to create a crontab for yourself. If your system admin has not enabled user level crons. Then write a shell-script or python
Shell version ----------------- count=0 max_number_of_times while [ $count < $max_number_of_times ]; do your_command & sleep <time_interval> count=`expr $count + 1` done I said about nohup, in case you want to logout and still want this to work. You can also use `screen' (only in the case where you are planning to logout and you want your program should run). - saikia -- On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Maryam Saeedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you please explain it a little more? I do not have that much > experience! I really appreciate it if you can share a sample code if you > have one. > > Thanks > > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Amitabh Saikia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> write a bash script(to run your program at intervals) and run the bash >> script with nohup >> >> - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Maryam Saeedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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 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? >>> >>> Thanks a lot, >>> >>> Maryam >>> >>> -- >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >>> >> >> > > > -- > Maryam Saeedi > PhD student > Economics Department > University of Minnesota
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