Can someone tell me how to go about running a cron job with perl? Here's what I have thus far:
1) I have a cron job: 04 09 * * 1-7 /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/trina.espinoza/Show_Tools/perlfile.sh 53 08 * * 1-7 /var/cron/perlfile.sh 2) I have a perlfile: #!/usr/bin/sh touch /tmp/cron_works; sleep 10; /usr/bin/perl /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/trina.espinoza/Show_Tools/rush_logsv1.pl > /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/trina.espinoza/Show_Tool/perl_out; 3)The problem The cron seems to be pick up my scripts, but it drops them because it doesn't recognize that paths listed. I can get to the paths in my shell, but the cron won't follow them. I was wondering, does the perlfile have to say #!perl/usr bin at the top or did I do it correctly by writing /usr/bin/perl /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/ ../ to get to my perl files. Also, are my escaping the spaces with slashes in Documents\ and\ Settings contributing to the problem? Does UNIX not escape spaces like perl? Thank you, Trina Espinoza
