Issue Pinging with Python Script Running as Cron Job
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I wrote a Python script to periodically ping network devices to ensure they are connected. My pinging code is as follows:
response = os.system('ping -q -c 5 ' + ip_address)
This works fine when I run it manually, however, when I run it as a cron job I get the response:
sh: ping: command not found
I have tried having the cron job run the program as both a packaged application which I created using pyinstaller, and directly as a Python script. Regardless, I get the same error for both (and the correct result when I run either manually).
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I wrote a Python script to periodically ping network devices to ensure they are connected. My pinging code is as follows:
response = os.system('ping -q -c 5 ' + ip_address)
This works fine when I run it manually, however, when I run it as a cron job I get the response:
sh: ping: command not found
I have tried having the cron job run the program as both a packaged application which I created using pyinstaller, and directly as a Python script. Regardless, I get the same error for both (and the correct result when I run either manually).
python cron
asked Nov 16 '18 at 21:58
Yitzchak BlankYitzchak Blank
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which pingif youre on unix then use that full path to ping
– JacobIRR
Nov 16 '18 at 22:02
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I wrote a Python script to periodically ping network devices to ensure they are connected. My pinging code is as follows:
response = os.system('ping -q -c 5 ' + ip_address)
This works fine when I run it manually, however, when I run it as a cron job I get the response:
sh: ping: command not found
I have tried having the cron job run the program as both a packaged application which I created using pyinstaller, and directly as a Python script. Regardless, I get the same error for both (and the correct result when I run either manually).
python cron
asked Nov 16 '18 at 21:58
Yitzchak BlankYitzchak Blank
1108
I wrote a Python script to periodically ping network devices to ensure they are connected. My pinging code is as follows:
response = os.system('ping -q -c 5 ' + ip_address)
This works fine when I run it manually, however, when I run it as a cron job I get the response:
sh: ping: command not found
I have tried having the cron job run the program as both a packaged application which I created using pyinstaller, and directly as a Python script. Regardless, I get the same error for both (and the correct result when I run either manually).
python cron
python cron
asked Nov 16 '18 at 21:58
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asked Nov 16 '18 at 21:58
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asked Nov 16 '18 at 21:58
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asked Nov 16 '18 at 21:58
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which pingif youre on unix then use that full path to ping
– JacobIRR
Nov 16 '18 at 22:02
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which pingif youre on unix then use that full path to ping
– JacobIRR
Nov 16 '18 at 22:02
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which ping if youre on unix then use that full path to ping– JacobIRR
Nov 16 '18 at 22:02
which ping if youre on unix then use that full path to ping– JacobIRR
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Fixed by specifying '/sbin/ping' as the command.
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Fixed by specifying '/sbin/ping' as the command.
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Fixed by specifying '/sbin/ping' as the command.
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which pingif youre on unix then use that full path to ping– JacobIRR
Nov 16 '18 at 22:02