Re: [Tutor] Lock File Usage

2017-02-01 Thread ad^2
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 7:33 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > "ad^2" 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. >

[Tutor] Lock File Usage

2017-01-30 Thread ad^2
mmendation on a best practice with low complexity to make this work. I was hoping not to use the subprocess module to simulate what could be done in Bash. But, if that's the answer then so be it. Thanks, Ad^2 ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.o

[Tutor] Another way to strip?

2017-01-19 Thread ad^2
7; '02_80_5301__2017_01_19_08-38-22_6999_0' '02_80_5307__2017_01_19_08-38-09_1763_0' or in the case the directory may change in the future I can use variables somewhere. >>> path = '/var/tmp/' >>> extension = '