On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Virgil Stokes <v...@it.uu.se> wrote: > While running a python program I need to save some of the data that is being > created. I would like to save the data to a file on a disk according to a > periodical schedule (e.g. every 10 minutes). Initially, the amount of data > is small (< 1 MB) but after sometime the amount of data can be >10MB. If a > problem occurs during data creation, then the user should be able to start > over from the last successfully saved data. > > For my particular application, no other file is being saved and the data > should always replace (not be appended to) the previous data saved. It is > important that the data be saved without any obvious distraction to the > user who is busy creating more data. That is, I would like to save the data > "in the background". > > What is a good method to perform this task using Python 2.7.8 on a Win32 > platform? > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
I've not tried this, but stackoverflow has a solution that looks like it could work for you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16214736/write-data-to-disk-in-python-as-a-background-process -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
