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how to set path for crontab in ubuntu

When I am trying to execute python on crontab ,I jut run a dummy program and I found the following information

root@beaglebone:/tmp# cat env.output 
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/sh
PWD=/root

I have given my crontab like this

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin

24 20 09 11 * python3 /bin/remote_iomodified.py

What will be the path for my corntab

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Answer

Always use absolute paths when adding cronjobs:

24 20 09 11 * /usr/bin/python3 /bin/remote_iomodified.py
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