hi, you're mix/matching the available options. First of all, if your system has an available cron, use that. web2py's cron is not as accurate as unix one. If you want to leverage cron, at least read the section in the book that speaks of it http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04#Cron
If you instead have a python script that needs to be run within the web2py environment of your app (so you can access db, etc etc etc), you can use with the "standard" cron this syntax python web2py.py -M -S yourappname -R /path/to/scriptname.py Remember that * and ** used before the command (like your example -R *applications/sms_test_protocol/test_cron_jfh ) are only available in web2py's cron (they are shortcuts to enable -S and -M respectively). -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.