Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:27:30 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, David Goodnature <goodnaturenet@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Cannot get Script to Run Via Crontab Message-ID: <20071217122730.GA2323@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <18278.26945.843337.942745@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <BLU127-W2769D67D198ACB69ECC1B5AA610@phx.gbl> <20071217075424.GB2398@kobe.laptop> <18278.26945.843337.942745@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 2007-12-17 07:19, Robert Huff <roberthuff@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 :)
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