See below.... On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I need to have a python script running every minute to send a heartbeat > broadcast. > I have developed this sript and it works just fine when I start it from the > shell. > Next step was to actually add it to the cron list. > So I have been looking on the net and I saw that should be possible by using > crontab -e. > So that's what I've done, resulting in the following : > > 30 * * * * /usr/bin/ntpdate-sync silent > 1 * * * * python /home/root/keep_alive.py >>cronjob.log It is always a good idea to add an absolute path, and if u consider Jay's tips, the correct for every minute is: * * * * * /pathtopython/python /home/root/keep_alive.py >> /home/root/cronjob.log or if keep_alive.py is an executable simply * * * * * cd /home/root/; keep_alive.py >> cronjob.log or .... > at some point I even added : > SHELL=/bin/sh Why not SHELL=/bin/bash > and also : > > @reboot python /home/root/keep_alive.py >> cronjob.log try @reboot /home/root/keep_alive.py >> /home/root/cronjob.log
> and because I saw it on the net as well I even tried specifying the user : > > @reboot root /home/root/keep_alive.py >> cronjob.log @reboot root /home/root/keep_alive.py >> /home/root/cronjob.log is the correct entry in /etc/crontab (and not the users crontab) HTH.... -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
