Can't call Python 3 from cPanel cron jobs

Question

I add this in my cpanel cron jobs

python3.7 myscript.py

But I get this error

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/jailshell: python3.7: command not found

But I can call python3.7 myscript.py from the command line just fine. How can I run it in cPanel cron jobs?

use `full/path/to/python3.7 full/path/to/myscript.py'. It can run it as different user, with differen privileges and different setings, and in different folder. — furas, Sep 21 '19 at 12:22
I was using a different user indeed since I use the cpanel user — Aminah Nuraini, Sep 21 '19 at 12:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '19 at 12:43

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Solved. I use the full path. It seems it is caused by me using a different user than root since I use cPanel. Weird it didn't happen when I use just python when I used Python 2.

/usr/local/bin/python3.7 myscript.py

answered Sep 21 '19 at 12:43

Aminah Nuraini

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I had the same problem. Command worked fine from the terminal but not as a cron job. Namecheap's docs say "For Python and Perl scripts, there is no need to use a full path to the environment" -- but it only worked when I included the full path, in my case when using a venv. Thanks. – alstr May 12 '20 at 08:50

Can't call Python 3 from cPanel cron jobs

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