Problem running Python script as cron job
William R. Dickson
wrd at awenet.com
Mon Apr 10 16:23:25 EDT 2000
In article <0004101202210J.00831 at quadra.teleo.net>, Patrick Phalen
<python-list at teleo.net> wrote:
> :: > :: Anybody know of any issues with running python scripts from Cron?
> :: >
> :: > No. I've had multiple Python scripts running every one, two, five
> :: > and
> :: > ten minutes around the clock for years on multiple servers without
> :: > problems.
> :: >
> :: > I'd suspect you might have a bug lurking.
> ::
> :: I think so too, but I can't find it, because the script runs
> :: flawlessly
> :: every time I run it by hand, and the buffer never flushes the output
> :: to
> :: the log when it's run by Cron.
>
> Are you "running by hand" as the same user as your script? Maybe you
> have a permissions problem, assuming the script needs to write to a
> file or whatever.
In both cases, it's running as root.
Thanks,
-Bill
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