On Apr 9, 7:01 pm, grocery_stocker <cdal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 9, 6:36 pm, grocery_stocker <cdal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Given the following.... > > > #!/usr/local/bin/python > > > import os > > import time > > import thread > > > def domsg(string, sleeptime, *args): > > print "%s was here", string > > #os.system('tel %s test' % person); > > #time.sleep(sleeptime) > > > def buildlist(): > > out = 1 > > persons = [] > > > while(out != 0): > > pern = raw_input("Enter person to message:") > > if (len(pern)): > > persons.append(pern) > > else: > > out = 0 > > return persons > > > if __name__ == "__main__": > > #buildlist() > > thread.start_new_thread(domsg, ("person",2)) > > > I get.... > > m-net% ./massmsg.py > > m-net% > > > I was expecting to see > > > person was here
Never mind. When i add while 1:pass like in the following thread.start_new_thread(domsg, ("person",2)) while 1 : pass the code works as expected -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list