0007824: Regression: running gramps from crontab fails

2015-03-01 16:48:35 +00:00 · 2015-03-01 16:48:35 +00:00 · 5c6259edbc
commit 5c6259edbc
parent 1452b499ff
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/src/gen/db/write.py
+++ b/src/gen/db/write.py
@ -2161,7 +2161,9 @@ def write_lock_file(name):
        try:
            user = os.getlogin()
        except:
-            user = os.environ.get('USER')
+            # not win, so don't need get_env_var.
+            # under cron getlogin() throws and there is no USER.
+            user = os.environ.get('USER', 'noUSER')
    if host:
        text = "%s@%s" % (user, host)
    else: