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Schedule script execution after fixed time?

I have a Python script that can run anywhere from 10 seconds to 5 minutes.

I need a scheduler that can spawn the job, then after the job is finished, wait 15 minutes, then run the job again etc.

  • No concurrency, just one instance of the job.
  • After the job is finished (not started!) there must be a wait period of 15 minutes.
  • Linux machine.
Solution

  • You could use a bash script to do that. Invoke the program then after it finishes sleep for 15 minutes.

    while true; do
    python myprogram.py
    sleep 900
done