Switched to using curl to grab the xml file. Python was having trouble when...

Switched to using curl to grab the xml file.  Python was having trouble when the script was run from the cron job.

an.py

@@ -57,18 +57,26 @@ ioc_url = "http://bcda.xray.aps.anl.gov/cgi-bin/ioc_alive.cgi?ioc="
 hb_period = 10
 ioc_list = {}
 
+# Use curl to get the xml file to avoid python problems from cron job
+#!print "Curling URL"
+command = "curl -s %s" % alive_url
+p = os.popen(command, 'r')
+xml_string = p.read()
+p.close()
+
+
 # Get the xml file
 #!print "Opening URL"
-try:
-  f = urllib.urlopen(alive_url)
-except IOError:
-  print "Couldn't open URL"
-  sys.exit(1)
-
+#!try:
+#!  f = urllib.urlopen(alive_url)
+#!except IOError:
+#!  print "Couldn't open URL"
+#!  sys.exit(1)
 #!print "Reading XML from URL"
-xml_string = f.read()
+#!xml_string = f.read()
 #!print "Closing URL"
-f.close()
+#!f.close()
+
 
 # Parse the xml string
 #!print "Parsing XML"