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List:       zope
Subject:    Re: [Zope] Re: Unrestricted threads
From:       Chris Withers <chris () simplistix ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-07-25 16:04:38
Message-ID: 4889F996.4090102 () simplistix ! co ! uk
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Tres Seaver wrote:
> Note that you can write scripts designed to use the ZODB, but be run
> from a crontab.  E.g.:
> 
>   $ cat Products/foo/scripts/send_report.py
>   mailnost = app.site.MailHost
>   catalog = app.site.portal_catalog()
>   ....
> 
>   $ crontab -l
>   55 0 * * *  /home/tseaver/instance/bin/zopectl run \ #(no linebreak!)
>               /home/tseaver/instance/Products/foo/scripts/send_report.py
> 
> You can *only* use this approach if you use ZEO, of course.

...and if you want lots of helper stuff for this kind of operation, you 
can use stepper:

http://www.simplistix.co.uk/software/zope/stepper

cheers,

Chris

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