You can have a function but the script must call it:
from time import ctime
def test_cron():
db.dbg.insert(dbgmsg=ctime())
db.commit()
return "ready"
test_cron() #<<<<<<
On Nov 4, 10:24 am, Vinicius Assef <vinicius...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sverre, I think you must use your own application crontab, located at
> applications/your_app/cron
>
> I suggest you create a python script without any functions inside it,
> to isolate your cron job, and put it in
> applications/your_app/private/.
> I do this here and it works nice.
>
> Following my advice, your crontab would be like it:
> */2 * * * * root *applications/your_app/private/test_cron.py
>
> And your test_cron.py will have no def inside it.
>
> --
> Vinicius Assef.
>
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Sverre <sverreodeg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > My cron tab looking like this
>
> > #crontab
> > */2 * * * * root *sys/test_cron
> > @hourly root *applications/mm/cron/expire_sessions.py
>
> > but this doesn' work. My test cron function is
>
> > from time import ctime
> > def test_cron():
> > db.dbg.insert(dbgmsg=ctime())
> > db.commit()
> > return "ready"
>
> > If I trigger this function manually it's working. Web2Py is installed
> > as a Windows Service. Is someone able to help?
>
>
