Django management commands scheduled and with logging

cleanup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
SECONDS=0
PROJECT_PATH=/home/myproject
CRON_LOG_FILE=${PROJECT_PATH}/logs/cleanup.log

echo "Cleaning up the database" > ${CRON_LOG_FILE}
date >> ${CRON_LOG_FILE}

cd ${PROJECT_PATH}
source bin/activate
cd project/myproject    
python manage.py clearsessions --verbosity=2 --traceback >> ${CRON_LOG_FILE}  2>&1

echo "Finished." >> ${CRON_LOG_FILE}
duration=$SECONDS
echo "$(($duration / 60)) minutes and $(($duration % 60)) seconds elapsed." >> ${CRON_LOG_FILE}

crontab

MAILTO=""
00 01 * * * /home/myproject/scripts/cleanup.sh