Re: cron problem

[Richard Reina]
> Thanks much for the replies thus far. When I do:
> [root@tomsawyer richard]# env | PATH
> 
> I get:
> 
> PATH:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
> 
> Are you saying that I should put that exact line including the word PATH at t
> he top of cron file like this?
> 
> PATH:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
> 1 9 * * 1 /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/src/scripts/inactive.pl
> 1 14 * * 1-6 /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/src/scripts/upcoming.pl

1 14 * * 1-6 PATH=/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/src/scripts/upcoming.pl

Is the example I suggest.

Just like from a command line (in a bourne style shell, anyway), you can
VAR=foo OTHERVAR=baz /path/to/command in your cron line.

There might be some features in your cron daemon to set a different
default path, but I can't speak to them.

And if you need a PERL5LIB set (which I suspect is your current issue,
not PATH), you can set it just as well in that same command line.

If you think the command line is looking gross, make a shell wrapper to
invoke the perl script with all the necessary environment variables set.

Good luck!

Geoff
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