I'm using python 2.4 running on Fedora Core 4. I have written a python program called ipscan.py that checks the external ip address of my cable internet connection, and on change, will update the dns records at my dns provider, zoneedit. So basically, I've setup dynamic dns using python. Once the ip compare and/or update is complete, I log the results to a text file called update.log. When I run the program in a bash shell with the command "python ipscan.py", the program runs fine and the results are appended to update.log. When I run this program as a cron job under the root user with the previously mentioned command, the program runs without errors but does not append an entry to the log. The permissions on the update.log file should not be an issue since I'm running the cron job as root, but I've given root write permissions just to be safe. What would cause the logging to work at a command prompt but fail in cron? I'm not getting any errors in the cron logs or /var/spool/mail/root.
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