Running a process every N days

[kaens]

On 6/7/07, David Bear <david.bear at asu.edu> wrote:
> danmcleran at yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > What's the best way to run either an entire python process or a python
> > thread every N days. I'm running Python 2.4.3 on Fedora Core 5 Linux.
> > My code consists of a test and measurement system that runs 24/7 in a
> > factory setting. It collects alot of data and I'd like to remove all
> > data older than 30 days. My ideal solution would be something that
> > runs in the background but only wakes up to run every few days to
> > check for old data.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan McLeran
>
>
> And you can use cron to launch your python program?
>
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yes.
man cron
man crontab