CRON job syntax

[Frank Hagan]

I'm installing DadaMail, and it suggests setting up a CRON job with the following syntax:

 *  *  *  *  * /usr/bin/perl /home/myaccount/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/dada_bridge.pl >/dev/null 2>&1

I've replaced the "myaccount" with the cpanel username, and tried the command string without the "/usr/bin/perl " section. Any other help you guys can give me?

(The program works when I manually invoke the program, but the CRON job is not running).

[AndrewT]

It seems like you're missing the public_html directory in that folder path:

/home/user/public_html/cgi-bin/etc..

[Frank Hagan]

Thanks, Andrew. I did have the public_html in the path. I actually had "/home/user/public_html/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/dada_bridge.pl >/dev/null 2>&1" ... I was wondering if the "/usr/bin/perl" is correct, or if "usr" needs to be changed to the username for that account?

I'm not getting any email notifications from the cron job either, so if the path looks OK, then maybe I have a problem somewhere else.

[AndrewT]

If you submit a trouble ticket with the full details I can easily look into this further.

[Frank Hagan]

OK, thanks. I wanted to make sure I wasn't just doing something stupid before I had it validated by a ticket!

[Frank Hagan]

I'll need to take a look at some other config options ... its not making a connection to sendmail, evidently, so I think my problem really lies elsewhere in the config file.