Ok, so I have had the unfortunate happenstance to learn that cron runs from ~/ and not the path of the script. So this is what I did... 
if(defined $ENV{DBUILDER_DIR}){
    use lib "$ENV{DBUILDER_DIR}/lib";
} else {
    use lib "../lib";
}

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and the crontab is 
* */6 * * * DBUILDER_DIR=/home/indy/source/dbuilder /home/indy/source/
+dbuilder/scripts/spamburglar.pl

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Is this the proper way to go about this? Just so you are aware, I also have this in a subsequent module: 
     if(defined $ENV{DBUILDER_DIR}){
         $cfg->file("$ENV{DBUILDER_DIR}/etc/dbuilder.conf");
     } else {
         $cfg->file("../etc/dbuilder.conf");
     }

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So, am I on the right track? Oh, and I know TIMTOWTDI!

In reply to A relative cron questions by bittondb

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