Execution of python scripts through script tag

Question

I have one line in my xml file :
script language="jython" src="scripts/setup.py"/>
but when i am running this file as ant script file,it is saying that it cannot find the script tag..
It is giving this error:
Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
- You have misspelt 'script'.
Fix: check your spelling.
- The task needs an external JAR file to execute
and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
Fix: check the documentation for dependencies.
Fix: declare the task.
- The task is an Ant optional task and optional.jar is absent
Fix: look for optional.jar in ANT_HOME/lib, download if needed
- The task was not built into optional.jar as dependent
libraries were not found at build time.
Fix: look in the JAR to verify, then rebuild with the needed
libraries, or download a release version from apache.org
- The build file was written for a later version of Ant
Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant
- The task is not an Ant core or optional task
and needs to be declared using <taskdef>.
Kindly let me know how can i execute this script..

Answer 1

the discussion of the timed maintenance is an old one and does no longer apply.
Sure it does.  Those scripts are ancient carry-overs from the early days of Unix and have not been changed much since then.
Also, macjack has a good point.  Verify what the widget is telling you.  Paste the following command into the Terminal to find out when they last ran:
ls -al /var/log/*.out
The output on my machine is:
Hyperion:~ thomas$ ls -al /var/log/*.out
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  355773 Feb 20 06:05 /var/log/daily.out
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    1352 Feb  1 06:07 /var/log/monthly.out
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    2697 Feb 18 09:31 /var/log/weekly.out