- What did you run in the cronjob to get back all those variables? <cron date / time> set; echo "-----------------"; echo "import os; print os.environ" | python
Cheers, S - -----Original Message----- - From: Asun Friere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:55 PM - To: python-list@python.org - Subject: Re: Python does not get environment variable when using cron. - - On Aug 18, 11:15 am, "Stephen Cattaneo" - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - > Hello all, - > - > I am attempting to execute an automated test (written in Python) via - > cron. I have to check the HOSTNAME variable as part of the test, oddly - > under cron the HOSTNAME environment variable is not in the os.environ - > dictionary. I know that cron runs in a subshell that does not have all - > of the normally set environment variables. HOSTNAME is not one of those - > variables, it is set even in cron's subshell. Why doesn't python get - > this variable? Is this a bug in python2.4? - > - > >From a cronjob to check environment variables in cron's shell vs - > - > python's os.environ (please excuse my lack of creativity in naming - > convention)- - > - > BASH=/bin/bash - > BASH_ARGC=() - > BASH_ARGV=() - > BASH_EXECUTION_STRING='set; echo "-----------------"; echo "import os; - > print os.environ" | python' - > BASH_LINENO=() - > BASH_SOURCE=() - > BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="17" [3]="1" [4]="release" - > [5]="i686-redhat-linux-gnu") - > BASH_VERSION='3.1.17(1)-release' - > DIRSTACK=() - > EUID=501 - > GROUPS=() - > HOME=/home/regression - > HOSTNAME=regress5 - > HOSTTYPE=i686 - > IFS=$' \t\n' - > LOGNAME=regression - > MACHTYPE=i686-redhat-linux-gnu - > OPTERR=1 - > OPTIND=1 - > OSTYPE=linux-gnu - > PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/regression/bin - > PPID=819 - > PS4='+ ' - > PWD=/home/regression - > PYTHONPATH=/home/regression/lib - > SHELL=/bin/bash - > SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:hashall:interactive-comments - > SHLVL=1 - > TERM=xterm - > UID=501 - > USER=regression - > _=/bin/bash - > ----------------- - > {'TERM': 'xterm', 'SHELL': '/bin/bash', 'SHLVL': '1', 'PYTHONPATH': - > '/home/regression/lib', 'PWD': '/home/regression', 'LOGNAME': - > 'regression', 'USER': 'regression', 'HOME': '/home/regression', 'PATH': - > '/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/regression/bin', '_': - > '/usr/bin/python'} - > - > Thanks, - > - > Steve - - What did you run in the cronjob to get back all those variables? - - I just ran /usr/bin/env (on a 2.6.x linux box) as a cronjob and only - got back SHELL, USER, PATH, PWD, SHLVL, HOME, LOGNAME. This is the - same set of variables os.environ (python2.4.4) gives me when run as a - cronjob. I tried the same thing on a bladeserver running SunOS5.9 and - got a smaller set of variables, again identical between /usr/bin/env - and os.environ. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
