Hi, > I have a problem with one of my python scripts. When I run this script > from command line it works correctly, but if I set up cron to run this > script on specified hour it works for a while and then "[Errno 32] > Broken pipe" error occures (always). > > The strangest thing is that if I change command in CRON > > from > python /home/xxx/script.py > to > python /home/xxx/script.py > /tmp/script.log 2>&1 > > the script always works correctly!!! > > The question is WHY? Any ideas?
This is a cron issue, and has little with python to do. By default, cron will email the output produced by your script, unless you redirect. It does so by pipe to a "mail" program. Your error seems to indicate a problem with the latter (perhaps you don't have any "mail" program installed). HTH, Loïc -- My Blog: http://www.domaigne.com/blog "To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer." -- Paul Ehrlich -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
