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

These answers here saying using absolute path will all cause major problems for running a larger node app!

Real Complete Solution

Edit Cron Jobs

crontab -e

Find Node Path

which node

CD into the destination folder, then Change Cron Job according to Node Path and run script

*/2 * * * * cd /home/destination/path && /bin/node index.js

This will then allow you to run a full NodeJS application without all the errors like how using an absolute path for your index.js file.