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Amith KK
Amith KK

Reputation: 554

Running a line in 1 hour intervals in python

I'm trying to create a espeak based talking clock completely in python

I want to know how to run

spk.speak('It is now <time>')

Each time the system hits time's like 12:00 1:00 etc

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2997

Answers (2)

Burhan Khalid
Burhan Khalid

Reputation: 174624

You didn't specify what operating system you are using but running things at an interval is the job of some cron-like process on Linux and Unix. On Windows, there is windows task scheduler.

You set these systems up to run your comand at intervals.

For example, this cron entry runs the script every hour:

0 * * * * /usr/bin/python /home/myuser/somefile.py

You an also use:

@hourly /usr/bin/python /home/myuser/somefile.py

@hourly is an alias for 0 * * * *

Upvotes: 6

John La Rooy
John La Rooy

Reputation: 304137

import time
while True:
    # sleep for the remaining seconds until the next hour
    time.sleep(3600-time.time()%3600)
    spk.speak('It is now <time>')

Upvotes: 11

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