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Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:26:52 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Cron problem
Message-ID:	<20011220092651.A31707@cygbert.vinschen.de>
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In-Reply-To:	<sc20af2a.052@mail.cityofsacramento.org>; from RKoopmans@cityofsacramento.org on Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:15:42PM -0800

On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:15:42PM -0800, Ryan Koopmans wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm having trouble running cron with Cygwin:
> CYGWIN_NT-4.0 CITYWEB02 1.3.6(0.47/3/2) 2001-12-08 17:02 i686 unknown
> 
> I installed cron with the command
> 
> $ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e "CYGWIN=binmode tty ntsec" -e "MAILTO=rkoopmans AT city
> ofsacramento.org"
> 
> I install a crontab with the contents
> * * * * * date >> /crontest.out
> through crontab.
> 
> The service starts, but nothing seems to happen.  Can anyone help me?

There should be at least somthing in the event log.

Corinna

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