in reply to Reaped: RUN SHELL SCRIPT IN CRON

Most probably an issue with file permissions. The cron job will run as a different user with different permissions and may perhaps have no run-access to your perl script.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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