Thanks for your help Def read the book but struggled a bit. I ended up using the unix cron tab and got it working.
Thanks again for taking the time to respond. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Richard Vézina <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim, > > 1.99.4 is pretty old, you should update... > > It may be more handy if you try to find a old version of the book, I don't > know but since web2py is progressing very rapidly it may be possible that the > way to use crontab has change... It could explain your problem... > > Richard > > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Jim Houchens <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I hope one of you folks can help - I'm still a little green with web2py and >> python, but am trying to get the CRON to work to run a script in our >> application. >> >> I've been scouring the web for examples, but wonder if our version is setup >> to utilize it. >> I've tried both the unix cron, and the web2py crontab, but can't get either >> to execute my test script. >> >> My latest attempt via the applications crontab : >> #crontab >> 0-59/1 * * * * root *test_cron_jfh/main >> >> >> I've tried with and w/o the wsgihandler.py variable of SOFTCRON = True (and >> False - restarting apache in between) >> >> I've tried running it from the unix OS with python as in : >> >> $python2.7 /home/ameteq/webapps/web2py/web2py/web2py.py -S sms_test_protocol >> -M -R >> /home/ameteq/webapps/web2py/web2py/applications/sms_test_protocol/controllers/test_cron_jfh.py >> web2py Web Framework >> Created by Massimo Di Pierro, Copyright 2007-2011 >> Version 1.99.4 (2011-12-14 14:46:14) stable >> Database drivers available: SQLite3, pymysql, PostgreSQL >> $ >> >> Have also tried to run a script from the unix command-line with just >> web2py.py : >> ./web2py.py -S sms_test_protocol -R >> *applications/sms_test_protocol/test_cron_jfh/ins_err >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "./web2py.py", line 16, in ? >> import gluon.widget >> File "/home/ameteq/webapps/web2py/web2py/gluon/__init__.py", line >> 15, in ? >> from globals import current >> File "/home/ameteq/webapps/web2py/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 21, >> in ? >> from html import xmlescape, TABLE, TR, PRE, URL >> File "/home/ameteq/webapps/web2py/web2py/gluon/html.py", line 30, in >> ? >> from utils import web2py_uuid, hmac_hash >> File "/home/ameteq/webapps/web2py/web2py/gluon/utils.py", line 12, >> in ? >> import hashlib >> ImportError: No module named hashlib >> >> >> If you are familiar with this, can you point me in the right direction? >> I've tried several recommendadtions from the web, but so far, no luck. >> If you can help, it would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -jim >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" 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. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/-aKve0DnTbg/unsubscribe?hl=en. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" 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.
