On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Sells, Fred <fred.se...@adventistcare.org> wrote: > I'm sure the solution is out there somewhere, but my google search is > giving me too many false positives. > > I have a stand along python program that will be run as a cron job and I > don't know how to launch it so it picks up the django settings, etc. > > I can run it like this > >>python manage.py shell >>>>import mymodule >>>>mymodule.execute() > > But I would like to run it like > >>python mymodule.py > > I really don't want to set the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE as a system > environment variable since I have other django webapps I debug on this > box, but perhaps I just don't grasp the concept here. I apologize for > asking something that I'm sure has been covered, I just could not find > it. > > I'm currently using django 1.2.4 and Python 2.4 but could upgrade both > if that's the correct solution. >
The easiest way is to wrap your python script in a shell script. This would be necessary* if using virtualenv. Mine look like this (from rote, so may be wrong): #!/bin/sh . /path/to/django/install/my-venv-name/bin/activate DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=myproj.settings export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE # virtualenv activate ensures we get right python python /path/to/django/install/myproj/manage.py foobar "$*" You can then put this directly into cron: @daily /path/to/wrapper.sh "bar" "quuz wibble" Cheers Tom * well, easier. Maybe not necessary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
