Restart python-script from within itself

Question

I have a python-based GTK application that loads several modules. It is run from the (linux) terminal like so:

./myscript.py --some-flag setting

Answer 1

I'm using this to give an option for the users to restart the script within the console. Hope it could be a help.

def close_restart(self,csvfile):

    choice = input('Do you want to restart the program? Please select \'Y\' if you would like to restart.')

    if choice == 'Y' or choice == 'y':
        print('Restarting now...')
        os.execl(sys.executable, sys.executable, *sys.argv)

    else:
        print('Thank you for using the tool!')
        print('The program will close in 10s...')
        time.sleep(10)

So the user can input an option 'Y/N' to restart the program or not.