breakLoop

print "Setting up breakLoop functions. Call breakLoop.breakLoopSetup() to create file in /tmp for breaking while loops."

def breakLoopSetup(loopStopperPath = "/tmp/deleteMeToStop"):
    
    # creates a file in /tmp/ called 'deleteMeToStop' 
    # breakLoop() checks this file exists, if it doesn't the while / loop is broken
         
    a= open(loopStopperPath, 'w')
    a.close()
    print "Created tmp/deleteMeToStop - delete this file to break the loop"
        


def breakLoop(loopStopperPath = "/tmp/deleteMeToStop"):
    import os
    if os.path.exists(loopStopperPath):
        return False
    else:
        return True

"""
#Example code
from LONshelf import breakLoop

breakLoop.breakLoopSetup()
if not breakLoop.breakLoop():
    print "test"
else:
    print "deleteMeToStop not found. Ending loop."
"""