Hi experts,
I was trying to run this simple script (cron.pl) with CRON

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;
system("echo test > testcron.txt");
#system("nohup perl later_other_code.pl&");
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but it fail to be executed with my cron entries that look like this:

MAILTO=monkfan@gmail.com
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/perl /home/monkfan/MyPerl/cron.pl
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Meaning that 'testcron.txt' wasn't created at all at this directory: /home/monkfan/MyPerl/. Why is that?

Update:

• Also, I have no root access in this Linux box.
• Five (*) indicates cron to run the command at every minute of every hour of every day of every month.

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