101 The issue is almost certainly that when you run sudo, the virtualenv environment variables, aliases, functions, etc aren't being carried over. The solution would be to explicitly run the …

I need to run a python script in a terminal, myscript.py at startup (on Lubunt). This script requires root. I've set up a .desktop file that runs the following command: lxterminal --command="pyth...

I can run it by adding this to the startup applications: python3 /path/to/script.py That works, but it doesn't open a terminal window, so I can't see the program's output. How could I make it open …

And that is a bad thing: your software should be able to run fine and find its data files regardless of current directory. (hint: use python's __file__) If your application is a GUI (ie, it has a …

Dec 28, 2013 · 112 Use the shebang line in your python script. Make it executable using the command, chmod +x test.py Use no hangup to run the program in the background even if you …

They could remove or rename the file, put another script in its place, and running that script via sudo -- without a password. Hence, it's far safer to put the script to a directory that only root …

Jul 27, 2013 · Also be aware that you don't need to compile a .py file to run it. Python is an interpreted language, and you can run the scripts directly, either using: python hello.py Or …

The existing answer does not give enough details on how to launch a guest script. I see you had accepted it. It would therefore be great if you added your steps to launch the Python script …

Aug 3, 2015 · Build a script (Python and Bash are good options) that loops for folder size every 'n' seconds (or minutes, how often do you add files?). Whenever a new file is created, the size …

The usual approach from the old days was to write a file containing a time stamp or the process id to /tmp and then check if this process id was still running or respectivly if the time stamp was …