Linux+Python: need help, have comments...

[dman]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 03:07:40AM +0000, Ron Stephens wrote:
| I switched to Linux two weeks ago. Works fine, I like it. One problem,
| can anyone help?
| 
| I set up a crontab file using the crontab my_cron_file command. I
| checked it with crontab-l and it is fine. Even set up a cron.allow
| config file. my_cron_file is as such:
| 
| 30 4 * * * python mygale.py get all
| 30 5 * * * python urls.py
| 30 6 * * * python urldb.py
| 30 7 * * * python mygale-uploader.py
 
| When I run these scripts exactly as typed above, from the Bash shell,
| everything works as planned

| So
| something must be wrong with my_cron_file or something else in the way I
| have cron set up on my Linux box. If any Linux gurus can offer any
| suggestions, I am all ears ;-)))

How do you know your cron jobs don't work?  Did cron mail you an error
message?  I edit my crontab with "crontab -e" (I don't know exactly
where the file is stored, but cron takes care of that).  The only
guess I have is that "mygale.py" isn't in $PWD when the cron job is
run.  If that is the case, put the full path to the file in your
crontab.
 
| Again, I really like linux, I just wish I had more time to play with it.
| Python and Idle run just fine and Mandrake 8.1 is about as easy to set
| up and use as it could be. 

Linux rocks :-).  Debian is my preferred distribution, FYI, but is
harder for someone unfamiliar with unix/linux to jump right into.

| I do find it irritating that the clip and paste functionality doesn't
| work from my text editor to my email program, but I guess its not
| perfect yet. The Bash shell sure gives you a lot of functionality and
| power, and KDE is almost as slick as windows, except for the afore
| mentioned clipboard woes ;-)))

How are you trying to copy-n-paste?  For nearly all X apps (though
java AWT/Swing is horridly broken) highlight (left click-n-drag)
copies and middle-click pastes.  I don't use mozilla for mail and I
don't know what editor you use so I don't know if it behaves correctly
or not.  (check my User-Agent: and X-Editor: headers for my
preference)

-D

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