Problem executing python script placed in ~/bin folder

[alo0oz]

I have a python script. i have changed it's permission by "chmod +x py_mem.py" . then i have symlinked it to ~/bin/pymem. Now though if i try "which pymem" i get "/home/user/bin/pymem", i can't run the script without absolute path "~/bin/pymem".

[smurphos]

What does $PATH input into the terminal return?

If it doesn't include/home/<user>/bin what does cat .profile return

Finally where are you trying to launch the script from? If cron then that's a special case as cron runs in a barebones environment and you generally need to globally specify $PATH in the crontab or launch command via the full path.