Add cron job setup and entrypoint script for scheduled task execution

Dockerfile

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 FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
 
+# Install cron
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install cron
+
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
-
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
-CMD ["python", "main.py"]
+# Make entrypoint script executable
+RUN chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh
+
+# Set the entrypoint
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/entrypoint.sh"]

crontab

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+0 8 * * * python /app/main.py >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1

entrypoint.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Load the cron job
+crontab /app/crontab
+
+# Create the log file and set permissions
+touch /var/log/cron.log
+chmod 0666 /var/log/cron.log
+
+# Start cron in the foreground
+cron -f