[PLUG] Re: Calling command from windows

[Michael Montagne]

>On 02/22/05, Wil Cooley busted out the keyboard and typed:

> On 2005-02-22, Michael Montagne <michael at themontagnes.com> wrote:
> > I'm running a linux server backing up a windows workstation
> > environment.  I need to call a python script that exists on the linux
> > box.  I don't want to install python on all the workstations.  The
> > program reads a text file that is created by a windows app and actson
> > the items listed in the file.  My approach is to use cron to watch a
> > directory using find and -exec.  But that means cron running ths
> > command every minute of every day.  Seems inefficient.  It seems that
> > a way to call the python script (with an argument) from windows is
> > what I really need.  Is that possible?
> 
> Just seems inefficient or is actually causing problems?  If it's working and
> not causing any _actual_ performance degradation, I wouldn't worry about it.
> Unless you've got an old system, running a find command on a shallow directory
> shouldn't really be any problem; and no doubt much easier than doing
> anything on Windows.
> 
> Wil

Good point.  I believe I'll try it and see what happens.  99 times out
of 100 this program will not find any files to act upon.

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Michael Montagne
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