I used timer way,and I found that threading.Timer didn't work with PyQt,so I used QTimer instead,and it did work.
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Nitin Pawar <nitinpawar...@gmail.com>wrote: > cron is daemon running which maps the tasks with the frequency > > if you want to run a task at a specific time, you can schedule it for the > same > > if you need any help, ping on gtalk, can help you out > > Thanks, > Nitin > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Von <von...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have read the cron man page just now,It says that cron wakes up every >> minute to check task. >> I will try install/uninstall with cron. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Von <von...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Nitin,I wonder how cron works,does it create a timer thread for >>> each task? >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Nitin Pawar <nitinpawar...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I think to do so either you will need to schedule a cron or write a >>>> daemon process which will run continuously. >>>> Assuming that its running only once a day or say timely manner daemon >>>> will be a costly affair for system resources >>>> >>>> To schedule crons for python, this might be useful (using yaml) >>>> >>>> http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/cron.html#About_cron_yaml >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Nitin >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Von <von...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Nitin,I need a python solution for that. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Nitin Pawar >>>>> <nitinpawar...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> are you looking for something like cron? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Von <von...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> I have a python script running behind the scene,and I need it to call >>>>>>> a method on sunday 9 o'clock. >>>>>>> I get an idea,that I get the current time,and calculate the seconds >>>>>>> to sunday 9 o'clock, >>>>>>> then sleep these seconds and call my method,I think there could be >>>>>>> an elegant way to resolve this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Nitin Pawar >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Nitin Pawar >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > Nitin Pawar > >
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