Check for the program crontab,
if exists let script continue,
else pops an error message
Besides checking existence, this macro also set these environment variables upon completion:
CRONTAB = which crontab
M4 Source Code
AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_CRONTAB],[
AC_REQUIRE([AC_EXEEXT])dnl
AC_PATH_PROG(CRONTAB, crontab$EXEEXT, nocommand)
if test "$CRONTAB" = nocommand; then
AC_MSG_ERROR([crontab (needed for scheduled job) not found in $PATH])
fi;dnl
])