I've been developing a web2py app under Mac OS X, which utilizes the built-in cron. It's been working great. Yesterday I deployed my app to a web2py install sitting on an EC2 instance running Ubuntu. Now, cron isn't working anymore. I'm not an expert in cron syntax, so I wonder if there's something I need to change now that it's running in a different OS.
Note that I used the instructions at http://www.scribd.com/doc/26436821/Howto-deploy-Web2py-on-amazon-Ec2 to get web2py up and running. Thanks to whoever put that together, it worked beautifully. Here's my crontab: #crontab * * * * * root *mailer/send_messages That's how it looked under Mac OS X, when it was working. Like I said, I'm no expert in cron syntax, so I'm not sure what the 'root' has to do with the line, I couldn't find anything like it in any online cron tutorials. I tried changing it to 'ubuntu', the default shell user for the instance, but no dice. Any help would be appreciated. Note also that the send_messages function has the signature, 'send_messages(noop="noop")', just so the function isn't exposed as a URL If there are any better ways of doing this that'd be good to know as well. Thanks!
