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Chris8447
Chris8447

Reputation: 306

Executing a python file via crontabs is resulting in a FileNotFoundError

I have a python script which I want to run on a daily basis. I'm using crontabs for this on my Mac with the following command:

*/1 * * * * /opt/anaconda3/bin/python *absolute_path*/dynamic_dataset.py

It is working fine! But the log shows that I am running into a "FileNotFoundError". I am reading a csv and h5 file in which are not found. How can I make crontab also use these files?

dir structure

Many thanks in advance! 😊

Upvotes: 0

Views: 122

Answers (2)

pyOliv
pyOliv

Reputation: 1303

You don't know in which working folder is executed your program. I recommand using such a line:

*/1 * * * * cd /path/to/your/working/dir && /opt/anaconda3/bin/python dynamic_dataset.py

Upvotes: 0

Chris8447
Chris8447

Reputation: 306

I found the problem myself. For python to find the other files you have to execute the python in the directory of the files. So what I did is to navigate to the directory in the cronjob first.

*/1 * * * * cd *path*/Local && /opt/anaconda3/bin/python *path*/Local/dynamic_dataset.py

Upvotes: 1

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