1. Skipping CRON for Now... But...
- Posted by cklester <cklester at yahoo.com>
Sep 16, 2005
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Last edited Sep 17, 2005
Can I create a program that just sits there and every, say, minute, sends out an
email, but doesn't waste system resources between each minute? Will sleep() do
that efficiently enough?
-=ck
"Programming in a state of EUPHORIA."
http://www.cklester.com/euphoria/
2. Re: Skipping CRON for Now... But...
- Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com>
Sep 16, 2005
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Last edited Sep 17, 2005
cklester wrote:
> Can I create a program that just sits there and every, say, minute, sends out
> an
> email, but doesn't waste system resources between each minute? Will sleep() do
> that efficiently enough?
Yes.
sleep(60) will tell the operating system to run
other programs for 60 seconds, before returning
to your program. Your program will not burn up
any CPU time while sleeping. That might be a good way
of sending out a bunch of e-mails without overloading
the system and getting your hosting company annoyed with you.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
