Crontab and python script

Question

My python script: badlink.py (i used http://wummel.github.io/linkchecker/)

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
os.system('linkchecker -ocsv -Fcsv/badlinks.csv www.mysite.com')

My crontab task

*/2 * * * * /opt/badlink.py

the problem is that If I run directly

python badlink.py I got the output result

My question is why it does not work with cronjob task.

Thanks

I believe that issue is with linkchecker not being found in environment when running within os.system. Try giving absolute path to linkchecker. — Sidharth Shah, Jun 21 '13 at 04:10
sh: 1: /opt/linkchecker/: Permission denied When I git abs path to linkchecker — tree em, Jul 16 '13 at 07:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '13 at 12:23

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try like this

   */2 * * * * python /opt/badlink.py

answered Jun 21 '13 at 12:23

Beka Tomashvili

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