Cron job help

[Astor]

This must be a very stupid question.

I have a very simple perl script called test.cgi

I call it through the browser and it does what it's supposed to do. Now I want the server to run it say every minute. For my cron tab command I have:

* * * * * /<my path>/test.cgi

Obviously the script is not being run, so my question is: What am I missing?

 

[arn0ld]

you want to ignore the "webiness" of your script?

if so, 1st try
<my path>/test.cgi

if this works, is the cron running as the same user as you are testing the cgi with? if not, you need to assure the environment and permissions are correct.

is there mail (cron output) when it fails?

 

[Astor]

* * * * * /<my path>/test.cgi

Didn't send me any email notifications.

I tried, * * * * * <my path>/test.cgi

and now I get these emails:

/bin/sh: line 1: <path>/test.cgi: No such file or directory

Permissions are ok, as when I call the script manually through a browser it works fine.

Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.