#!/usr/bin/python3 # written by andrewt@unsw.edu.au as a COMP(2041|9044) example # Repeatedly download a specified web page # until a specified regexp matches its source # then notify the specified email address. # implemented using subprocess import re import subprocess import sys import time REPEAT_SECONDS = 300 # check every 5 minutes if len(sys.argv) == 4: url = sys.argv[1] regexp = sys.argv[2] email_address = sys.argv[3] else: print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} ", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1)