[web2py] Re: crontab sytax

[web-dev-m]

The chapter works, the link to the syntax does not.

http://web2py.com/books/default/reference/29/cron


On Feb 21, 4:50 am, Wikus van de Merwe 
wrote:
> I say the book works just fine:http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Cron
>
> The syntax you want to use is: @reboot * * * * root
> *applications/test/controllers/private.py
> Set that in your app/cron/crontab and make sure your controller does
> db.commit() at the end.
>
> Also you need SOFTCRON = True in the wsgihandler (if you run it as WSGI
> script).

[web2py] Re: crontab sytax

[Wikus van de Merwe]

I say the book works just fine: 
http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Cron

The syntax you want to use is: @reboot * * * * root 
*applications/test/controllers/private.py
Set that in your app/cron/crontab and make sure your controller does 
db.commit() at the end.

Also you need SOFTCRON = True in the wsgihandler (if you run it as WSGI 
script).

[web2py] Re: crontab sytax

[web-dev-m]

I apologize, this should have been in my original post.

For more specifics, my crontab file has only one line in it:

@reboot root python web2py.py -S test -M -N -R applications/test/
controllers/private.py

I have tried to restart the server multiple times, to no avail with
getting this process working.

the script in private.py works when i run it as root from my command
line on my server, so I don't think the problem is with the script
itself.

Any help is greatly, greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance!