From: Jan Seeger <jan.seeger@thenybble.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Moving a file using Python and Cron
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:37:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070909093738.GA4853@venus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a9f39a410709071034l144d1ff3y170d62b26444af46@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12:34 Fri 07 Sep , Greg Lindstrom wrote:
<snip>
> When I run the file from the command line everything works great,
> but when I schedule the job to run from the crontab file, the original file
> is created and populated, but the rename fails. I am using full paths for
> both the original and destination file, and run the command line version
> after I 'su' to the production account (named 'edith').
<snip>
I think cronjobs have a very limited environment (Reduced $PATH and so on). So
the first point I would check ist that my application does not depend on any
environment variables (call all binaries with their full path, for example).
Then, make sure that the user you are running at has the necessary permissions
to do so (does'nt seem to be a problem with you). And another thing: The cron
processes have no controlling terminal, so that's something which may go awry.
HTH
Jan Seeger
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2007-09-07 17:34 [gentoo-user] Moving a file using Python and Cron Greg Lindstrom
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