Python script runs fine by hand and does nothing from cron. Same computer, same folder.

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   Dmitri @dmitriData engineer · uses Python

   Helped

   Cron doesn't start in your folder and barely has a PATH. Use the full path to python and cd into the folder in the crontab line: cd /home/you/receipt-pile && /usr/bin/python3 receipts.py. Or make every path inside the script absolute.

   Sep 10birdcall, Bilal, Chen W. and others agree
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   abe @abeuses Python

   and if it's a venv, cron doesn't know about it. /path/to/venv/bin/python instead of python3

   Sep 11Bilal and Dmitri agree
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   Bilal @bilalAccountant · uses Python

   Relative path to the photos folder. It was writing the csv into my home directory the whole time. Thanks.

   Sep 11