Crontab not executing a Python script? [duplicate]

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There are a lot of half answers across the internet so I thought I would capture this to save someone else some time.

First, cronjob does a poor job of telling you where this is failing. I recommend sending stderr output to a log file like this:

Crontab Command:

# m h  dom mon dow   command
* * * * * /path/to/your_file.sh >> out.txt  2>&1

As this is likely running the command as user, check home directory for the log file. Note this script runs every minute which is good for debugging.

The next issue is you probably have a path problem… as script likely is trying to execute from your home directory. This script sets the current directory, echos it to file, and then runs your program.

Try this :

Script File

#!/bin/sh
cd "$(dirname "$0")";
CWD="$(pwd)"
echo $CWD
python your_python_file.py

Hope this saves someone else some debugging time!!!

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