"ad^2" <adsquai...@gmail.com> writes: > So, IF: no lock file, create a lock file, execute, delete lock file > when finished successfully. ElSE: the script is running, exit. Then, > cron will try again an hour later. > > I do not necessarily require a "lock file" just looking for a > recommendation on a best practice with low complexity to make this > work.
The third-party ‘fasteners’ library provides an API for locks <URL:https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fasteners> that you will want to consider. Specifically, the interpprocess lock decorators <URL:https://fasteners.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples.html#lock-decorator> seem to be what you want. -- \ “… Nature … is seen to do all things Herself and through | `\ herself of own accord, rid of all gods.” —Titus Lucretius | _o__) Carus, c. 40 BCE | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
