On 09/02/2012 03:30 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 02/09/12 23:14, Ray Jones wrote: >> could run silently in the background. But is there a way for a Python >> (2.7.3) script to determine whether it was called by the user or called >> by something like cron or kalarm? That way user inputs could be used >> when called by a user, but defaults could be used if run by a bot. > > Yes you can query the user via the os module.(getuid or getlogin for > example) > >> Or is this more of a Linux question? > > The details are likely to be implementation dependant, differing even > between local hosts since it depends on how the admin has set up the > user for cron etc >
Thanks. I'll add this to my to-learn list (It's frustrating to come up with questions and answers faster than I can assimilate it all :-p) Ray _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
