four commands i wrote the other day

[Skaperen]

i wrote these four commands the other day:

wait_for_all_files_to_exist.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from sys import argv
from time import sleep,time as secs
import os

step = 1/4
exe = argv.pop(0)
nxet = int(secs())+0.5
if not argv:
    exit('need one or more file names')
while 1:
    e = 1
    for n in argv:
        if not os.path.exists(n):
            e = 0
    if e:
        break
    nxet += step
    diff = nxet-secs()
    while diff<0:
        nxet += step
        diff = nxet-secs()
    sleep(diff)
exit(0)

wait_for_all_files_to_not_exist.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from sys import argv
from time import sleep,time as secs
import os

step = 1/4
exe = argv.pop(0)
nxet = int(secs())+0.5
if not argv:
    exit('need one or more file names')
while 1:
    e = 1
    for n in argv:
        if os.path.exists(n):
            e = 0
    if e:
        break
    nxet += step
    diff = nxet-secs()
    while diff<0:
        nxet += step
        diff = nxet-secs()
    sleep(diff)
exit(0)

wait_for_any_file_to_exist.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from sys import argv
from time import sleep,time as secs
import os

step = 1/4
exe = argv.pop(0)
nxet = int(secs())+0.5
if not argv:
    exit('need one or more file names')
while 1:
    e = 0
    for n in argv:
        if os.path.exists(n):
            e = 1
    if e:
        break
    nxet += step
    diff = nxet-secs()
    while diff<0:
        nxet += step
        diff = nxet-secs()
    sleep(diff)
exit(0)

wait_for_any_file_to_not_exist.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from sys import argv
from time import sleep,time as secs
import os

step = 1/4
exe = argv.pop(0)
nxet = int(secs())+0.5
if not argv:
    exit('need one or more file names')
while 1:
    e = 0
    for n in argv:
        if not os.path.exists(n):
            e = 1
    if e:
        break
    nxet += step
    diff = nxet-secs()
    while diff<0:
        nxet += step
        diff = nxet-secs()
    sleep(diff)
exit(0)

edit:

changed variable next to nxet.

[Yoriz]

Note that you are overwritting the built in function next

next(iterator[, default])
Retrieve the next item from the iterator by calling its __next__() method. If default is given, it is returned if the iterator is exhausted, otherwise StopIteration is raised.

[Skaperen]

where have i done that? i don't see it (yet).

---

oh, now i see what you mean, the name. yeah bad choice of name; but it didn't break anything, the commands work.

[Yoriz]

It won't break anything in the code shown, it would be when you go to use next for its original intention and it doesn't do what you expected.

[Skaperen]

i changed it.