The example I gave already runs forever. No need for select.
As for daemonization, I have had good luck with github.com/jpillora/overseer
.
On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 1:22:36 AM UTC+1, Keith Brown wrote:
>
> Thank You all for the great examples!
>
> I added a select {} at the end so the program will run forever. I am
> trying to have it as a deamon.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 6:37:12 AM UTC-5, Nathan Kerr wrote:
>>
>> NewTicker function example
>>
>> The task of running functions on a periodic basis can be split into two
>> parts: timing and execution.
>>
>> A ticker solves the timing problem by providing a channel that get new
>> input every period. Keeping the timing separate mitigates the impact of
>> execution on the timing period (e.g., it won’t be execution time + sleep
>> time)
>>
>> Execution can be solved by ranging over the ticker channel. The contents
>> of the loop will be run for each input received from the ticker channel. If
>> the loop executes in less than one period, the loop will execute every
>> period.
>>
>> Since tickers use channels, the execution loop can be run anywhere,
>> though they are frequently used in goroutines because the program is also
>> doing something else.
>>
>> I would simplify Rodolfo’s examples to:
>>
>> package main
>>
>> import (
>> "fmt"
>> "time"
>> )
>>
>> func square(x int) int {
>> return x * x
>> }
>>
>> func cube(x int) int {
>> return x * x * x
>> }
>>
>> func main() {
>> ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
>>
>> for range ticker.C {
>> fmt.Println(square(10))
>> fmt.Println(cube(10))
>> }
>> }
>>
>> This will run square and cube every 5 seconds while the program is
>> executing.
>>
>> On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 2:39:12 AM UTC+1, Keith Brown wrote:
>>>
>>> Oddly, I can't find a single example on the world wide web for what I am
>>> trying to do.
>>>
>>> I have 2 functions which I want to run on a periodic basis. The
>>> functions are square and cube.
>>> Here is my code so far. https://play.golang.org/p/akMxcg2Sra
>>> But, I am not sure how to schedule these functions. I looked here,
>>> https://gobyexample.com/tickers, but really isn't that helpful or
>>> intuitive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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