How can you execute a Node.js script via a cron job?

Question

Quite simply, I have node script that I want to execute once a month.

30 6 1 * * node /home/steve/example/script.js

But this doesn\'t work,

Answer 1

You can also specify paths to binary files on top of your user crontab like:

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

* * * * * cd your/path && node foo.js
* * * * * cd your/path && npm run bar