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Noob asks, "How do I get this cron job to work?"

Posted on March 25, 2016

I’ve done the tutorials and can’t seem to get this cronjob to work. Does anything jump out as incorrect? I believe the paths are correct since I was able to echo into a log file at one point when I replaced the script with echo. It was created by root user. The script writes out a json file that never shows as modified in Transmit. Any help? Thanks!

* * * * * /usr/bin/python2.7 /var/www/html/apps/dir/js/get.py


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Run it yourself (as the user the cron is under) to make sure it works. Also check /var/log/syslog.

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