I have a .c file and this file has to be executed only at a particular time interval say 9pm. So, please let me know if there is any possibility of achieving this via python scripting.
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Please see my updated answer that covers the scheduling part of the question. – TomServo Jul 03 '17 at 10:24
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Updated answer again to show how to schedule using either cron or python. Hope this will do it for you! Please "Accept" if it solves your problem completely, thanks. – TomServo Jul 03 '17 at 10:32
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2Possible duplicate of [How do I get a Cron like scheduler in Python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/373335/how-do-i-get-a-cron-like-scheduler-in-python) – Alessandro Da Rugna Jul 03 '17 at 12:40
2 Answers
Check out the subprocess
module in the standard python library. Something like:
from subprocess import call
Then when you want to issue your command:
call(["yourprogramname", "argument1"])
Of course, you need to get your C program into an executable form and make it executable on your platform. This will allow you to decide when to run the program under control of python (hour 21=9pm):
from datetime import datetime
from threading import Timer
x=datetime.today()
y=x.replace(day=x.day+1, hour=21, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
delta_t=y-x
secs=delta_t.seconds+1
def runmycommand():
<your call command here>
#...
t = Timer(secs, runmycommand)
t.start()
However, if you're on a on a unix/linux platform, you can make it run on a schedule by adding it to crontab
:
0,14,29,44 * * * * /yourprogramlocation/yourprogramname
To learn how to schedule with cron
use the man cron
command or see a tutorial like this one.

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What previous answers miss is your question about how to trigger at a specific time, e.g. 9pm.
You can use cron for this. It's a *nix utility that executes arbitrary commands on a time schedule you specify.
You could set cron to run your C program directly, or to launch a Python wrapper that then starts your C executable.
To get started: type crontab -e
and follow the examples.

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