IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory:

[Auden RovelleQuartz]

does anyone know what this means?

{

web2py Web Framework

Created by Massimo Di Pierro, Copyright 2007-2015

Version 2.11.2-stable+timestamp.2015.05.30.16.33.24

Database drivers available: sqlite3, psycopg2, pg8000, pymysql, imaplib

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/www-data/web2py/gluon/shell.py", line 262, in run

    execfile(startfile, _env)

IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: 'applications/omniavx_joe'

}

isn't it supposed to be a directory?

[Massimo Di Pierro]

yes. it is supposed to be. When do you get this error?

[Auden RovelleQuartz]

there is a system cron process "init_db_tables.py" (the script in the web2py cron folder) that runs @reboot

that process produces that error

[Auden RovelleQuartz]

SOLVED

the issue was in the system crontab,

@reboot python /home/www-data/web2py/web2py.py -S omniavx_joe -M -R applications/omniavx_joe /cron/init_db_tables.py 1 >> /tmp/cron_init_db_tables.output 2>&1

should be instead

@reboot python /home/www-data/web2py/web2py.py -S omniavx_joe -M -R applications/omniavx_joe/cron/init_db_tables.py 1 >> /tmp/cron_init_db_tables.output 2>&1

(typo: there should not be a space after omniavx_joe in the pathname)