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To:	Greg Matheson <lang AT ms DOT chinmin DOT edu DOT tw>
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Subject:	Re: no cron in cygwin?
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From:	dmkarr AT earthlink DOT net (David M. Karr)
Date:	13 Apr 2001 15:58:20 -0700
In-Reply-To:	Greg Matheson's message of "Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:45:29 +0800"
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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Matheson <lang AT ms DOT chinmin DOT edu DOT tw> writes:

    Greg> I wanted to upload files to an NT server on which I have installed
    Greg> cywin, by running an expect script on it as a cron job, but I see
    Greg> there is no cron in cygwin.

    Greg> What is my next step?

    Greg> 1. Look into installing cron myself? This is the option that I would
    Greg> give me the result I would like most, but there must be a reason that
    Greg> the cygwin crew hasn't incorporated a cron yet. For example, it must
    Greg> be a daemon or something.

    Greg> 2. Look around for an NT equivalent? This is the option I want to
    Greg> explore least. I don't want to learn more about NT than I have to.

If you're unable to find a cygwin-native solution for this (I've tried), an
easy-to-use (and free) Windows scheduler is available from
<http://www.splinterware.com/>.  You just set the "Program" as the path to the
"bash.exe" executable, and the "Params" starts with "--login <yourbashtask>".
It gives you pretty good flexibility in scheduling jobs.

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