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Python: Running Python script inside a shell - different behaviour from crontab than

veryangryman · 2021-05-14 09:22:42

Solaris environment. This script runs fine when I run directly but crontab does not do anything in it 19 * * * * python3 usr/src/utils/CE/ce_common_utils/ce_env_utils.py Im not getting the difference between crontabs environment and bash's. Anything obvious to check/correct?

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veryangryman

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Solaris environment. This script runs fine when I run directly but crontab does not do anything in it

19 * * * * python3 usr/src/utils/CE/ce_common_utils/ce_env_utils.py

Im not getting the difference between crontabs environment and bash's. Anything obvious to check/correct?

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#2 14-05-2021 4:14pm
Talisman

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Crontab requires absolute paths. You will need to provide the full path for both the python executable and the script you want to execute.

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#3 19-05-2021 11:24am
veryangryman

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Got it, needed to set PYTHONPATH

Thanks for all answers/attempts

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