In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, tom wible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i give up: crontab no longer executes python:-P > > > 33 21 * * * /usr/bin/osascript > /DVR/scripts/noLiveEyeTV.scpt > > works fine: > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 28 21:33:02 2008 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) > > but > > 52 21 * * * /DVR/scripts/noLiveEyeTV.py > > doesn't...even if it failed, i would have gotten email, as i did when i 1st > started...wtf? In your first posting, your script was written using /usr/bin/env: #! /usr/bin/env python That leaves you at the mercy of whatever PATH has been set to. Suggest you change the cron table entry to explicitly invoke the python you want, so (all on one line, of course): 52 21 [...] /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/python /DVR/scripts/noLiveEyeTV.py The MacPython installer creates symlinks in /usr/local/bin: $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/python lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 68 Feb 23 15:45 /usr/local/bin/python -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/python so the crontab line could be simplified to: [...] /usr/local/bin/python /DVR/scripts[...] -- Ned Deily, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
