crontab in python

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I'm writing code in python for some sort of daemon that has to execute a specific action at a certain instance in time defined by a crontab string. Is there a module I can use? If not, can someone paste/link an algorithm I can use to check whether the instance of time defined by the crontab has occured in the time from when the previous check was done. Thanks.

Could you clarify your question. "check whether the instance of time defined by the crontab has occured in the time from when the previous check " is pretty hard to parse. — S.Lott, May 05 '09 at 21:00
The daemon sleeps for eg. 2min, and when it starts working again I want to check if in those 2 min the instance occurred.. — m2o, May 05 '09 at 21:14
Please update the question -- don't add comments to clarify your question -- update your question, please. — S.Lott, May 06 '09 at 01:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '09 at 21:08

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sched ftw

answered May 05 '09 at 21:08

Jochen Ritzel

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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Kronos is another option.

Here is a similar SO question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered May 05 '09 at 21:16

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 06 '09 at 15:33

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You might want to take a look at pycron.

answered May 06 '09 at 15:33

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