Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/05/08/08:26:02
Try "/d/test.sh >> /d/test.log" ;-)
Igor
On Thu, 8 May 2003, Sanjay Goel wrote:
> Thanks a lot both of you ...
> I have used cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> and now cron is installed as a service in my win2k services .
> I hope my cron jobs will run fine now ...
> can u tell me how to test whether it works properly.
> I wrote a script called test.sh containing "echo test" and wrote
> */2 * * * * /d/test.sh
> but nothing came on my screen
> I have not installed ssmtp so cant check that in mail ...
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Sanjay
> "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote in message
> news:Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 44 DOT 0305071452260 DOT 3212-100000 AT slinky DOT cs DOT nyu DOT edu...
> > On Wed, 7 May 2003, Bill C. Riemers wrote:
> >
> > > > This is *way* too complicated. It's fine if you run other things
> using
> > > > sysvinit, but if all you want is cron, try the way described in
> > > > /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README (you did read it, didn't you? that
> directory
> > > > contains the necessary instructions specifically for the Cygwin
> ports --
> > > > see <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC28>).
> > >
> > > Yes, I did try the directions in the README, but they do not work.
> > > "cygrunsrv" does not have -D option...
> > >
> > > cygrunsrv: unknown option -- D
> >
> > Bill, did you use the *exact* line from /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README?
> >
> > | Install as service like that:
> > | cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> > ^^
> > The "-a" is a cygrunsrv option. It tells cygrunsrv to pass the "-D"
> > option to cron.
> >
> > > > Regarding your "NOTE 1" below -- is it reproducible? Could you please
> > > > post the output of "getfacl filename" before and after "chown
> filename"?
> > > > Perhaps Pierre or Corinna could comment on this?
> > >
> > > It reproduces 100% of the time. I've tried it on several different
> machines
> > > as well..
> > >
> > > $ cd /etc
> > > $ echo "hi" > foo.txt
> > > $ chmod 600 foo.txt
> > > $ getfacl foo.txt
> > > # file: foo.txt
> > > # owner: docbill
> > > # group: None
> > > user::rw-
> > > group::---
> > > mask:rwx
> > > other:---
> > >
> > > $ chown SYSTEM foo.txt
> > > $ getfacl foo.txt
> > > # file: foo.txt
> > > # owner: SYSTEM
> > > # group: None
> > > user::rw-
> > > group::---
> > > mask:rwx
> > > other:---
> >
> > Looks fine to me. What error do you get if you try "echo 'hi' >> foo.txt"
> > after that? What if you try it from a SYSTEM-owned shell?
> > Igor
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