right, the plot thickens, but I don't think it's django or python related ps aux | grep cron shows it running, but this does not work
03 15 * * * /bin/echo "foobar" >> /home/user/wanker so cron isn't running the jobs, it is running though Nearly there :-) On Sep 1, 2:38 pm, vanderkerkoff <tonm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Reinout > > No traceback from the cron job, I've tried piping it out to a file, > but that's not giving me anything. > > I think the problem lies somewhere in the fact that we're somehow > using the dist-packages folder as opposed to the site-packages folder. > > God knows how or why we are using it though. > > Thanks for trying > > I can import fact from within a python shell by the way, so the > fact.pth is working from a shell > > >>> from fact.aggy.models import Feed, FeedItem > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/var/www/django/django_projects/fact/aggy/models.py", line 1, > in <module> > from django.db import models > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/db/__init__.py", > line 10, in <module> > if not settings.DATABASE_ENGINE: > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/utils/ > functional.py", line 272, in __getattr__ > self._setup() > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/conf/ > __init__.py", line 38, in _setup > raise ImportError("Settings cannot be imported, because > environment variable %s is undefined." % ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE) > ImportError: Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable > DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined. > > On a working machine that uses site-packages and exactly the same > fact.pth file, I don't get that error > > On Sep 1, 2:22 pm, Reinout van Rees <rein...@vanrees.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 01-09-11 15:11, vanderkerkoff wrote: > > > > Thanks for trying though, I will find the problem, eventually:-) > > > Can you specify "it stopped working" a bit, btw? Do you get a traceback, > > for instance? > > > Reinout > > > -- > > Reinout van Rees http://reinout.vanrees.org/ > > rein...@vanrees.org http://www.nelen-schuurmans.nl/ > > "If you're not sure what to do, make something. -- Paul Graham" -- 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.