On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:18 PM, <ja...@biosci.utexas.edu> wrote: > hi! i'm running computationally-intensive python programs for a student > project, and i have a couple of questions. > > 1) how can i suspend program execution for brief periods either in python or > through IDLE;
Ctrl+Z on Unix shells will stop program execution and return you to the shell. The command `fg 1` will resume execution. > > and 2) is there a way to save state data so that if i have to quit running a > program in a student computer lab, i can write the state of the program and > all intermediate data to -- say -- a usb drive, then read in the state data > later so the program can pick up where it left off? http://docs.python.org/library/pickle.html Cheers, Chris -- I have a blog: http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
