python crontab and paths

Question

I have a Python driver and library scripts that are siblings:

/home/mydir/pythonProjs/

• driver.py

Answer 1

Try to print out environment variables from a dummy job

* * * * * env > /tmp/env.output

as suggested in https://askubuntu.com/questions/23009/reasons-why-crontab-does-not-work

Also check what shell crontab is using. You can set the $SHELL environment variable to bash by adding a line

SHELL=/bin/bash

at the beginning of the crontab file.