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Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 09:33:43 +1000
Subject: Re: python script is not running
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 4:43 AM, Vincent Vande Vyvre
<vincent.vandevyvre@swing.be> wrote:
> Le 18/05/2013 19:59, Chris Angelico a =E9crit :
>
>> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 3:35 AM, woooee <woooee@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The obvious question, do you have the shebang on the first line so the
>>> OS knows it's to be run as a Python program?
>>
>> That won't make any difference; the cron job specifically stipulates
>> the interpreter. It just needs to be done with a full path.
>>
>> ChrisA
>
> Not necessary, I use crontab without problem with this line:
>
> 25 16 18 5 * export DISPLAY=3D:0 & LC_CTYPE=3D"fr_FR.utf-8" Lang=3D"fr_FR=
.utf-8"
> python /usr/bin/qarte -a 1
>
> ... on Ubuntu.

Everything's configurable. I'd like to hear back from the OP though;
as Roy said, checking 'env' from a cron job will reveal much.

ChrisA