0007824: Regression: running gramps from crontab fails

2015-03-01 16:51:25 +00:00 · 2015-03-01 16:51:25 +00:00 · 542450bf6d
commit 542450bf6d
parent b381f2dd8b
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/gramps/gen/db/write.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/db/write.py
@ -2529,7 +2529,9 @@ def write_lock_file(name):
        try:
            user = os.getlogin()
        except:
-            user = os.environ['USER'] #not win, don't need get_env_var
+            # 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: