Dealing with subfolders when usin crontab

Question

I'm having some troubles trying to schedule the execution of one project.

The structure is:

main folder
 |- lib
 |   |- file1.py
 |   |- file2.py
 |
 |- data
 |   |- file.csv
 |
 |- temp
 |   |- file.json
 |
 |-main.py

The contrab line is:

*/5 * * * * python3 /home/myName/main_folder/main.py

I've been trying this command line with simple python scripts without dependences and works fine. The problem is that in this case the main.py import classes and functions inside lib and I think it can deal with it.

On my main.py I'm importing like this from lib import file1, file2. Exists another way maybe using os that the program knows the absolute path?

quickfix: */5 * * * * cd /home/myName/main_folder/; python3 main.py — Yuri, Jul 06 '21 at 13:51
check this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1046628/importing-python-modules-from-different-working-directory — Yuri, Jul 06 '21 at 13:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '21 at 14:03

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Please try to add an empty file named: __init__.py in lib directory.

answered Jul 06 '21 at 14:03

Le Huy Hoang

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yeah. sometimes, without `__init__.py` python fails to recognize the folder as module – Rohit Babu Jul 06 '21 at 14:06
Just in lib or in main folder is a good idea? – Lleims Jul 06 '21 at 15:52

Dealing with subfolders when usin crontab

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