Cannot get Script to Run Via Crontab

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2007-12-17 07:19, Robert Huff <roberthuff at rcn.com> wrote:
>Giorgos Keramidas writes:
>>> The lines from my script that are causing the problem are:
>>>    [...]
>>> The cron message to mail/root ends with:
>>>
>>>    exec: ps2pdf12: not found
>>>
>>> I am assuming that cron cannot find a path or a config file for
>>> ghostscript, but I don't have any idea how to fix this problem.
>>  
>>  Yes.  That's what is happenning.  The default PATH of cron jobs doesn't
>>  include `/usr/local/bin', but you have lots of options:
>>  
>>    1) Add it to the crontab file
>>  
>>    2) Modify the default path in your Perl script:
> 
> Allow me to recommend the second, as it will not disturb other cron
> programs that may be expecting the default path.

That is a very good point :)