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Determine next script to execute, while interpreter is working
In Python, you can't dynamically determine the next script to execute while the interpreter is working on a current script. The interpreter executes Python scripts sequentially, one after the other. Once a script is running, the interpreter won't dynamically switch to a different script based on some external condition or trigger.
However, you can achieve similar behavior by using multiprocessing or threading to run multiple scripts concurrently. Each script can be run in its own process or thread, and you can control the flow of execution based on some conditions or events.
Here's a basic example using the multiprocessing
module to run two scripts concurrently:
script1.py:
pythonimport time
def script1_func():
while True:
print("Running script 1...")
time.sleep(2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
script1_func()
script2.py:
pythonimport time
def script2_func():
while True:
print("Running script 2...")
time.sleep(3)
if __name__ == "__main__":
script2_func()
main.py:
pythonimport multiprocessing
import script1
import script2
if __name__ == "__main__":
process1 = multiprocessing.Process(target=script1.script1_func)
process2 = multiprocessing.Process(target=script2.script2_func)
process1.start()
process2.start()
process1.join()
process2.join()
In this example, main.py
starts script1.py
and script2.py
in separate processes, allowing them to run concurrently. You can control the flow of execution and dynamically determine when to start or stop each script based on your requirements.
Remember that managing concurrent processes and threads requires careful consideration of synchronization and communication between the processes/threads to avoid race conditions or other issues.