django custom command problem

Question

Having issues getting django custom commands to work.

From django documetation, have placed

application/
  manage.py
  blog/
     __init__.py
     models.py
     management/
     __init__.py
    commands/
        __init__.py
        myapp_task.py
    views.py

myapp_task.py content is

from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand

class Command(NoArgsCommand):
    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
        print 'Doing task...'
        # invoke the functions you need to run on your project here
        print 'Done'

when ran

python manage.py myapp_task

getting error

Unknown command: 'myapp_task'

Answer 1

I think commands/ needs to be inside the management/ directory.

Answer 2

The directory structure in your answer is a little ambiguous; when placing the files as follows django should be able to find your command:

project/ # in your question this would be 'application'
manage.py
blog/
   __init__.py
   models.py
   management/
       __init__.py
       commands/
           __init__.py
           myapp_task.py
   views.py

Furthermore, you'll need to enable your app in your settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'blog', # <= your app here ...
)