Question

Right now I have a script which uses numpy that I want to run automatically on a server. When I ssh in and run it manually, it works fine. However, when I set it to run as a cron job, it can’t find numpy. Apparently due to the shared server environment, the cron demon for whatever reason can’t find numpy. I contacted the server host’s tech support and they told me to set up a vps or get my own damn server. Is there any way to hack a workaround for this? Perhaps, by moving certain numpy files into the same directory as the script?

Answer 1

If you have numpy installed somewhere on the server, you can add it into the import path for python; at the beginning of your script, do something like this:

import sys
sys.path.append("/path/to/numpy")
import numpy