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I've been learning Python for a project required for work. We are starting up a new server that will be running linux, and need a python script to run that will monitor a folder and handle files when they are placed in the folder.

I have the python "app" working, but I'm having a hard time finding how to make this script run when the server is started. I know it's something simple, but my linux knowledge falls short here.

Secondary question: As I understand it I don't need to compile or install this application, basically just call the start script to run it. Is that correct?

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  • Depends on your Linux, but this is what init/upstart/systemd can do, or, more simply put a script in the runlevel directory Commented Oct 14, 2016 at 0:25

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You can set up the script to run via cron, configuring time as @reboot

With python scripts, you will not need to compile it. You might need to install it, depending on what assumptions your script makes about its environment.

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To add some complexity, I actually have two that I need to run. The second is more complex and consists of multiple python files and is more like an application. Can you point me to some info on what I might need to do to install this?
Wow! A suprising and elegant solution!
@Jhorra check the docs and examples provided Actually you can have any number of crontab entries, running at any time
@Jhorra most of the times it is fairly straightforward - make an application directory, and run the main python script right out of there, e.g. cd foo && python bar.py

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