I have read most of the python/cron here in stackoverflow and yet couldn't make my script run. I understood that I need to run my script through shell (using zsh & ipython by the way), but really I have no idea what to do :/
My simple code:
In the crontab-
*/1 * * * * ipython /home/usr/Data/progs/cron_test.py
My python script-
import picklefrom selenium import webdriverdriver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get('http://www.google.com')t=driver.current_url
pickle.dump(t,open('noreal','wb'))
I have tried some things already but to no avail:
#!python ../python etc
SHELL = /usr/bin/zsh
PATH =/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
Simply because I don't know what the problem is, I assume something with running python script via interpreter, but I don't know what I am doing really :)
A working solution would be great, and I would really appreciate an explanation to accompany any solution so I could understand the why and how and not just be like 'It works! Thanks! Bye!'
Thanks for any help!
Update So far I have narrowed down the problem, and now python runs with the following settings:
*/3 * * * * /usr/local/bin/ipython /home/user/Data/progs/RF/cron_test.py
and I got a traceback:
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[1;31mWebDriverException[0m Traceback (most recent call last)
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