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I have a python script that I would like to run in every hour.
The cron command look like this:

54 * * * * root python /home/pi/moka/olx_multi.py 2>&1

The script is not running and I always get the same error without any information about the error real reason. The error message look like this:

Feb 22 19:54:01 raspberrypi /USR/SBIN/CRON[30216]: (root) CMD (python /home/pi/moka/olx_multi.py 2>&1)
Feb 22 19:54:01 raspberrypi /USR/SBIN/CRON[30215]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)

Can anyone spot what I'm doing wrong?

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The script is probably running. Just the output (stdout and redirected stderr) are discarded as cron is not attached to any shell - no where to output to. – Ghanima Feb 22 at 20:28

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You have a few options:

  • Install an MTA and receive all script output in the user's e-mail address: sudo apt-get install postfix. By default the mail will be delivered to a local mailbox in /var/spool/mail/[username]

  • Replace 2>&1 by >/dev/null 2>&1 to ignore the script output

  • Append | logger to send all script output to syslog

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Does you script work when running manually? If yes, I think you should specify full path to python interpreter:

54 * * * * root /usr/bin/python /home/pi/moka/olx_multi.py 2>&1
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