breakLoop

   
import breakLoop
reload(breakLoop)

breakLoop.breakLoopSetup()
breakLoop.breakLoop()

#demo loop to prove it works:

c=0
while c<1000000:
    c+= 1
    print c
    if breakLoop.breakLoop():
        break


#Save this in the scripts dir:
"""

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

"""