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Python script does not work under crontab

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http://stackoverflow.com – I have a very basic python script to run through crontab for every minutes. The script has execute permissions with chmod a+x job.py. job.py #!/usr/bin/env python filed = open('test.txt','a') filed.write("this is a test"+'\n') filed.close() Crontab * * * * * /home/john/Desktop/job.py It should work, but i have not been able to see the results that should be a test.txt with the some texts. So, what could be the problem ? (HowTos)

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Submitted by linuxletgo on 01/29/2013

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