cron.py
The cron daemon, in Python.
Installation
To install from PyPI:
pip install cron.py
Or, if you prefer to build install from source:
git clone git@github.com:nejstastnejsistene/cron.py.git
cd cron.py
python setup.py install
Basic usage
import cron
def foo(x, y, z):
'''Called once every half hour.'''
daemon = cron.Cron()
daemon.add('@weekly shell_command')
daemon.add('*/30 * * * *', foo, 1, 2, 3)
daemon.start()
# The next few times these command will run.
for entry in daemon.entries:
for _, dt in zip(range(3), entry):
print dt.strftime('%c'), entry.command
# Sun Aug 18 00:00:00 2013 shell_command
# Sun Aug 25 00:00:00 2013 shell_command
# Sun Sep 1 00:00:00 2013 shell_command
# Tue Aug 13 21:00:00 2013 (<function foo at 0x7f24e0201b90>, (1, 2, 3), {})
# Tue Aug 13 21:30:00 2013 (<function foo at 0x7f24e0201b90>, (1, 2, 3), {})
# Tue Aug 13 22:00:00 2013 (<function foo at 0x7f24e0201b90>, (1, 2, 3), {})