still get a <defunct> using a python script in the crontab

[martijn]

H!

I have made a program that is checking if a program is running or not.
If the program is not running then it must start the program again.

in the /etc/crontab:
* * * * * root /usr/sbin/
program_prgchk

in the /usr/sbin/program_prgchk:
/usr/local/bin/python /home/reseller/domeinaanvraag/program_prgchk.py
in the program_prgchk.py:
----------------------------------------
import string
import os
import commands

def checkifrunning():
line = string.strip(commands.getoutput("ps x -o pid,command | grep
program_reseller.py | grep -v 'grep'"))
pid = string.split(line,' ')[0]
if pid<>'':pid = int(pid)
return pid

if checkifrunning()=='':
os.system('/usr/sbin/program_reseller')
# os.wait()
# os.waitpid(checkifrunning(),0)

os._exit(0)
If I run the command /usr/sbin/program_prgchk everything works (no
<defunctprocess)
But when I use it in the crontab I get a <defunctprocess

Thanks for helping,
GC-Martijn

[Zentrader]

If I run the command /usr/sbin/program_prgchk everything works (no

<defunctprocess)
But when I use it in the crontab I get a <defunctprocess

The crontabs file on my system is stored in /var/spool/cron/
crontabs/. It appears you are checking the wrong file. Try a
"crontab -e" from the command line and compare it to the contents in
the /etc/crontab file.

[martijn]

On 19 sep, 16:50, Zentrader <[e-mail]:

If I run the command /usr/sbin/program_prgchk everything works (no
<defunctprocess)
But when I use it in the crontab I get a <defunctprocess

The crontabs file on my system is stored in /var/spool/cron/
crontabs/. It appears you are checking the wrong file. Try a
"crontab -e" from the command line and compare it to the contents in
the /etc/crontab file.

The crontab is working because I can see that he started the
os.system('/usr/sbin/program_reseller') AND a <defunctprocess (what
I can only kill by killing the '/usr/sbin/program_reseller'