Golang : Execute function at intervals or after some delay
Problem :
You want to execute functions at intervals - such as polling a remote terminal every 30 seconds or count the number of processes running in the memory after 10 seconds.
Solution :
Use the time.Tick()
function. For example :
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func pollRemoteTerm(n time.Duration) {
timestamp := time.Now().Local()
for _ = range time.Tick(n * time.Second) {
str := "Polling remote terminal data at <some remote terminal name> at "+ timestamp.String()
fmt.Println(str)
}
}
func main() {
go pollRemoteTerm(10) // very useful for interval polling
select {} // this will cause the program to run forever
}
See also : Golang : Call a function after some delay(time.Sleep and Tick)
By Adam Ng
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