Thanks very much for the help Massimo and Jonathan. I found the script was working but it was creating the log in the main web2py folder rather than applications/<app_name>/cron etc.
BRGDS, Chris p.s. web2py rocks!! It really takes the pain out of web development :-) On Jan 3, 5:36 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:20 AM, mdipierro wrote: > > > > > Yes they can. They should all run from the main web2py folder (do not > > use os.chdir(...)!) > > Digression: I'd like to fix that eventually. It's not so bad to require the > cwd to be web2py for startup, but it shouldn't matter after that. > > > the only issue is that cron jobs do not have access to stdout so they > > cannot print. > > You can use the logging module or print to a file. > > That can be true of web2py in general. stdout is the console when web2py is > run from the command line, but in general (especially when it's started from > a system-startup rc file) there's no telling what stdout is--if indeed it's > anything at all. > > > > > Massimo > > > On Jan 3, 11:17 am, Christopher Blunt <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> Can scripts invoked via cron have access to the local file system? > > >> As a test I created a script that I wish to run (via hardcron) every 5 > >> minutes that will dump out test data to a file. The script seems to be > >> invoked by web2py cron thread but no output file is created? > > >> Also, can a controller or model access the local file system? > > >> BRGDS, > >> Chris > >> p.s. I've only just started to use Web2py so sorry if these seem silly > >> questions
