I am currently working on developing a scheduler that can activate multiple scripts based on specific time intervals. In this case, I have scripts labeled as A, B, and C that need to be triggered at different frequencies - A every minute, B every two minutes, and C every three minutes. Right now, my goal is to simply display these triggers on screen.
I attempted to use the Python Sched module for this task but encountered some issues with the functionality of the triggers. After making modifications, the scheduler either runs continuously without executing the correct scripts or triggers all three scripts only once before exiting unexpectedly.
Here is an example of code triggering the scripts only once:
import sched, time
from datetime import datetime
s = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep)
def print_time(a='default'):
print("From print_time", datetime.now().strftime("%H%M%S"), a)
def print_some_times():
print("Start time :" + datetime.now().strftime("%H%M%S"))
s.enter(18, 1, print_time, kwargs={'a': '3 Minutes Trigger'})
s.enter(12, 1, print_time, kwargs={'a': '2 Minutes Trigger'})
s.enter(6, 1, print_time, kwargs={'a': '1 Minute Trigger'})
s.run()
print("End time :" + datetime.now().strftime("%H%M%S"))
print_some_times()
And below is an example of code that triggers continuously but inaccurately:
import sched, time
from datetime import datetime
s = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep)
def print_time(a='default'):
s.enter(5, 1, print_time, ())
print("From print_time " + datetime.now().strftime("%H%M%S") + a)
def print_some_times():
print("Start time :" + datetime.now().strftime("%H%M%S"))
s.enter(18, 1, print_time, kwargs={'a': ' 3 Minutes Trigger'})
s.enter(12, 1, print_time, kwargs={'a': ' 2 Minutes Trigger'})
s.enter(6, 1, print_time, kwargs={'a': ' 1 Minute Trigger'})
s.run()
print("End time :" + datetime.now().strftime("%H%M%S"))
print_some_times()
Please note that I have adjusted the timing values in the code samples to speed up the output generation process.
The actual result from running the first code snippet:
Start time :163945
From print_time 163951 1 Minute Trigger
From print_time 163957 2 Minutes Trigger
From print_time 164003 3 Minutes Trigger
End time :164003
Expected output:
The trigger set for 1-minute intervals should fire every one minute
The trigger set for 2-minute intervals should fire every two minutes, and so forth.