[Tutor] python and cron
John Hazen
john@hazen.net
Tue Feb 18 21:30:02 2003
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Timothy M. Brauch wrote:
> I checked my log and there are no errors and I don't get any
> errors emailed to me. The script works fine from command line.
>
> Here is part of my code:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> #! /usr/bin/python
----^
Hmmm. I don't think that space should be there. When you invoke from
the command line, are you typing "python getipaddress.py" or
"./getipaddress.py"? If the latter works, then it's probably a cron
issue.
> Here is the entry from crontab:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 0 * * * * /var/ftp/getipaddress.py
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
That looks fine. If you edited the crontab directly (using vi instead
of "crontab -e"), you'll need to HUP crond.
HTH-
John
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