import subprocess
import time
def external_infer(path):
    start_time = time.time()
    subprocess.run(['python', 'infer.py', path],check=True)
    end_time = time.time()
    elapsed_time = end_time - start_time
    with open('time.txt', 'w') as f:
        f.write(str(elapsed_time))

    print("External inference completed successfully")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import sys
    external_infer(sys.argv[1])