Unless we misunderstand we have that already. The file just needs to
end in .py as in
* * * * * root myscript.py
You can also call actions
* * * * * root *myscript.py
so that models are imported.
On Jan 30, 8:36 pm, John Heenan <johnmhee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi AchipA
>
> Another feature request, if the cron file is a python file, how about
> a cron option to open the file and do an exec on the file contents?
>
> Thanks
>
> John Heenan
>
> On Jan 31, 12:33 pm, John Heenan <johnmhee...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi AchipA
>
> > Your cron is nice work and neatly deals with the messy side of
> > launching an independent OS process and waiting for it to finish.
>
> > For those of us who do not wish to launch an independent process (to
> > keep down memory use) and are happy to stick with Python for cron
> > jobs, following is a request to add in the following feature to your
> > cron fpr web2py.
>
> > Provide a mechanism to just perform a Python exec on a string
> > statment.
>
> > For example a string statement might be
> > "import a; a.mycronaction()"
>
> > Thanks
>
> > John Heenan
>
> > On Jan 31, 6:52 am, AchipA <attila.cs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Just to chime in, I'm still alive and preparing an update to cron as
> > > quite a few things changed since I last touched it. As for the
> > > questions - all cron modes support the * and ** syntax, and yes, cron
> > > files can be modified on the fly.
>
> > > On Jan 26, 4:00 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > I did not write cron personally and I am still trying to understand
> > > > some of it, Attila did.
> > > > I am in the looking at cron these days to treamline it a bit and I am
> > > > trying to understand better as it works.
>
> > > > Since windows does not have cron, you should use web2py hardcron. It
> > > > should work on windows 7 but I have not tried it. The "root" is the
> > > > username that should run the cron task. It is only used by extcron and
> > > > ignored otherwise (but must be there, for compatibility of syntax).
>
> > > > I am not sure if tasks staring with * or ** run under extcron so I
> > > > suggest not using pycron. Given hardcron you do not need pycron
> > > > anyway.
>
> > > > Mind that this is in the process of being refactored a bit. Perhaps
> > > > you can help with testing and debugging so you can be sure it works as
> > > > you need it.
>
> > > > On Jan 26, 4:27 am, Oguz Yarimtepe <oguzyarimt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi,
>
> > > > > I was trying to use the cron property of web2py at my project. I am
> > > > > using web2py under windows 7. I had installed wamp server with
> > > > > mod_wsgi.
> > > > > According to the documentation it is suggested to use the external
> > > > > cron.
> > > > > I tried to test the soft cron issue so i added the below line to my
> > > > > application crontab
>
> > > > > #crontab
> > > > > */2 * * * * root *decrease/
>
> > > > > and at the controllers directory the decrease file is as is
>
> > > > > # coding: utf8
>
> > > > > def index():
>
> > > > > f=file("C:\\Users\\oguz\\hede.txt", "w+")
> > > > > f.write("ok")
> > > > > f.close()
>
> > > > > return dict()
>
> > > > > So when the application is loaded shouldn't i see the txt is created
> > > > > at
> > > > > every 2 minutes?
>
> > > > > What is the usage of the root keyword at the crontab file? For windows
> > > > > application what should it be?
>
> > > > > And if i want to use the external cron method, it says i should add a
> > > > > line to system cron file. This doesn't sound me so effective at my
> > > > > application so i will be prefering to use something like pycron.
> > > > > Anybody
> > > > > tested these things at windows 7?
>
>
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