On Dec 2, 2:35 pm, Astley Le Jasper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... Try using the "screen" utility - change the line in your crontab: cd /home/myusername/src && python myscript.py to cd /home/myusername/src && screen -dmS mypthon python -i myscript.py
then once cron has started your program attach to the console using >> screen -r mypython (using python -i leaves you at the python prompt if the script just terminates) I email myself and drop into the pdb debugger on an exception, then use screen to debug the system -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list