pythondjangodjango-cron

Django custom commend + cron job

I have custom commend:

python manage.py checksomething

How to run this every two hours?

I saw django-cron:

#example from doc
from django_cron import cronScheduler, Job

from MyMailFunctions import check_feedback_mailbox

class CheckMail(Job):
        # run every 300 seconds (5 minutes)
        run_every = 300

        def job(self):
                # This will be executed every 5 minutes
                check_feedback_mailbox()

cronScheduler.register(CheckMail)

but how to run it? It will turn on automatically? Do I have something set up on the server? Where should be this file? (In what folder?)

Solution

  • Use crontab, its very simple to use

    To edit your crontab:

    $ crontab -e

    and add your job:

    * */2 * * * python /path/to/project/manage.py checksomething