In <mailman.17010.1418843457.18130.python-l...@python.org> Juan Christian <juan0christ...@gmail.com> writes:
> --047d7b874b2c1e67eb050a6e3cc4 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > I know about the schedule modules and such but they work in situations like > 'run this in a X hours/minutes/seconds interval', I already have my code in > a while loop with sleep (it's a bit ugly, I'l change to a scheduler soon). > What I really want is, for example: > 24/7/365 > 9:00 AM -> Start > 11:59 PM -> Stop > 9:00 AM ~ 11:50 PM -> Running > 12:00 AM ~ 8:59 AM -> Stopped > I want my script to start at a given time and stop at another given time, > is that possible? You could write a separate program whose only job is to send a STOP or CONTINUE signal to your main program, and then run that program from a scheduler. The standard system "kill" command would probably work for this purpose, assuming you have access to your main program's process ID. -- John Gordon Imagine what it must be like for a real medical doctor to gor...@panix.com watch 'House', or a real serial killer to watch 'Dexter'. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list