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POcant get a cron job running on debian
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copied!<p>I've got a Debian VPS with a few websites on. I'm currently using django quite heavily.</p> <p>I want a cron job to run and schedule a script inside one of my django sites. The upshot is that I can't get the Cron job running and I'm not sure how to sort it, as I've not got a lot of Linux experience.</p> <p>my /etc/crontab file</p> <pre><code># /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields, # that none of the other crontabs do. SHELL=/bin/sh HOME=/home/shofty LOGNAME=shofty PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO="info@webbricks.co.uk" # m h dom mon dow user command 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly ) 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly ) # </code></pre> <p>so I've set the job up in "crontab -e"</p> <pre><code>50 10 * * * /home/shofty/virtualenvs/webbricks/bin/chronograph -e /home/shofty/virrtualenvs/webbricks/bin/activate_this.py -p /home/shofty/virtualenvs/webbricks </code></pre> <p>but it doesn't appear to run at the time im trying for (10:50 is arbitrary, I'm adjusting it every few minutes to get it to run after changing a setting or another).</p> <p>i think cron is running because i can do</p> <pre><code>/etc/init.d/cron stop </code></pre> <p>but the same command with a start fails. obviously witha start after to make it run again. from everything i've read, the output of a ps aux hints that it is running.</p> <pre><code>root@shoftys - server>_ /home/shofty# ps aux | grep cron root 19106 0.0 0.0 18548 948 ? Ss 10:42 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 27130 0.0 0.0 3876 600 pts/0 S+ 15:52 0:00 grep cron </code></pre> <p>I've added a > /home/shofty/virtualenvs/webbricks/cron.log to the command in crontab but it doesn't seem to want to output a logfile. and im getting absolutely nothing in /var/log/cron, it just says its a new file.</p> <p>as a noob, im a bit unsure where to go next, would someone who knows a lot more about linux, debian and cron suggest where to look next please?</p>

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