How to run python script in cron

Asked Feb 22 '21 at 09:46

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I have a python script in the directory /home/user/models/scripts When I create the cronjob

18 11 22 02 1 /usr/bin/python3 /home/user/models/scripts/test.py >> ~/models/scripts/cron.log 2>&1 It does not execute. How would i go about solving this?

Python Script


# set up logging
LOG_FILENAME = "/home/user/models/scripts/log_file.log"
logging.basicConfig(filename=LOG_FILENAME, filemode='w', format='%(asctime)s - %(message)s', level=logging.INFO, datefmt='%d-%b-%y %H:%M:%S')

# Connect to the database
def database_config(user, password, database, port, host="localhost"):
    conn = psycopg2.connect(user=user, password=password, host=host, port=port, database=database)    
    return conn

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asked Feb 22 '21 at 09:46

Shadow Walker

Does [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8727935/execute-python-script-via-crontab) answer your question? – Ceres Feb 22 '21 at 09:47
make sure u have `#!/usr/bin/python3` at the top of your code – Shabari nath k Feb 22 '21 at 09:51
@Anti_cse51 kindly note adding ``#!/usr/bin/python3`` did not resolve the issue. – Shadow Walker Feb 22 '21 at 11:01
did you give executable permission to your python code ? `chmod +x filename.py` ? – Shabari nath k Feb 22 '21 at 12:59
@Anti_cse51 yes – Shadow Walker Feb 22 '21 at 15:48
tried passing full path in `~/models/scripts/cron.log` ? also, did u try running the code manualy ? – Shabari nath k Feb 22 '21 at 16:04
When i run the ``/usr/bin/python3 /home/user/models/scripts/test.py >> ~/models/scripts/cron.log 2>&1`` the script runs smoothly but when i use cron it doesn't – Shadow Walker Feb 22 '21 at 16:38

How to run python script in cron

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