prompter: Write a python script that runs shellscript.sh every 60 minutes

assistant: Here is an example python program that runs shellscript.sh every 60 minutes:

    import time
    import subprocess
    
    while True:
        # Run the shell script
        subprocess.run(["./shellscript.sh"])
    
        # Wait for 60 minutes before running again
        time.sleep(60 * 60)

prompter: I am having trouble running this script it seems like I am getting error about dependencies and permissions can you help?

assistant: I could help better if you copied and pasted the errors into this chat, but I'll try to give some advice.
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'time' and 'subprocess' have been core libraries that came with the distribution even in Python 2, so it can't be a dependency error. Permissions has to do with the operating system, and we can fix those. 
**On Linux:**
* open a terminal in the directory where `shellscript.sh` 
* run  `chmod 777 shellscript.sh` to enable reading, writing, and executing. (This may require sudo). 
* open a terminal in the directory where your put the python file, let's assume it's called `myscript.py`
* run `chmod 777 myscript.py`

**On windows:** 
* .sh files aren't directly supported, and require systems like WSL or Cygwin, which can be complicated to set up and work with. 
* Alternatively, you could try translating the .sh file to a .bat file, but many Linux commands don't have equivalents in Windows.

assistant: Hmm, this usually occurs when you have not installed the modules defined in the script on the host system. (Subprocess) 

Please refer to the documentation for each defined module in the script and ensure you have the correct permissions set by running '''ls -lah''' or '''ls -Rlah''' to include child directories.

assistant: Python Scripts should start with a "shebang" or "hashbang" line.

Typically something like  "#!/usr/bin/env python"

assistant: To write a Python script that runs shellscript.sh every 60 minutes, you can use the following code:

    import time

    while True:
        time.sleep(3600)  # Sleep for one hour
        os.system('sh shellscript.sh')

This script will run shellscript.sh every 60 minutes (3600 seconds). You can adjust the amount of time that the script sleeps for depending on the frequency you want to run the script at.

prompter: Thank you

assistant: You're welcome.

By the way, you'll have to add

```python
import os
```

to the top for the script to work.

assistant: You're welcome, is there anything else I can help you with? 🙂

assistant: Thank you too. Any additional questions are welcome.

assistant: You can use the crontab to schedule a Python script to run every 60 minutes.
First, create a Python script that will call your shell script:
import subprocess

subprocess.call(['sh', 'shellscript.sh'])

Save that as run_shell_script.py.
Then, open the crontab for editing:
crontab -e

And add a line like this:
0 * * * * python /path/to/run_shell_script.py

This will run the Python script (and thus your shell script) every hour on the hour.
Save the crontab, and your script will now run automatically every 60 minutes.

prompter: How do I run my script on a schedule that would overload the system?