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Maham
Maham

Reputation: 442

Using cron to start a python script at every boot

I tried using cron to start python script , at boot (as mentioned in the link).Running a python script At Boot using cron

I made a python script "hello.py":

#!usr/bin/env python 
import time
print "Hello World!"
time.sleep(10)

Then chmod +x hello.py. I checked,if it running or not,it is giving me output. I used crontab -e command and added the line @reboot python /home/pi/hello.py &. Reboot using sudo reboot , but nothing happened! I am newbie .Although I read many discussions but I am not able to fix that!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1688

Answers (1)

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 7335

Generally when I want to verify whether a cronjob ran or not, I redirect all output to a log file like so:

12 0 * * * python /Path/To/File.py  > /Path/ToLog/log 2>&1

Then you can check this log timestamp and for its contents

Upvotes: 1

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