Condition supplied in cron job returns "No such file or directory"

Question

I am attempting to execute this code in a cron job:

a=`/home/mailmark/node/bin/forever list`; if [ "$a" == "No forever processes running" ]; then forever start /api.js; fi

The file in question, 'forever' contains this shebang:

#!usr/bin/env node    

It returns this response:

/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory

But I have this code on the last line of the .bashrc file:

export PATH=/home/mailmark/node/bin:$PATH

What should I do to make my cron work?

Answer 1

Use the full path to node:

#!/usr/bin/env /home/mailmark/node/bin/node

Answer 2

cron doesn't run in a "login shell", so .bash_profile and .bashrc are not loaded.

Answer 3

add . $HOME/.bashrc to the beginning of your cron job.