Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/05/23/14:20:07
Chuck,
I just answered your question on where to find the snapshots, but I don't
think that was the correct advice (sorry, Larry). Anything that was in
the "latest snapshot" last July is bound to be in the current Cygwin DLL
(unless it was retracted later, but I doubt it)... I still say you should
fix your /etc/passwd (and /etc/group) before trying other things.
Igor
On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> Which snapshot do I need? I'm a little neverous downloading when the
> author says they may not work too.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
> To: "Chuck Hamilton" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>
> Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: crontab error
>
> > On <http://cygwin.com/>, bottom-left corner of the screen, look for
> > "snapshots".
> > Igor
> >
> > On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > > Sooo, how do I get "snapshots". I searched the package library and found
> > > nothing. I am using the most recent cywin DLL - version 1.3.22-1.
> > >
> > > $ uname -a
> > > CYGWIN_NT-5.0 QSD052234 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i686 unknown
> > > unknown Cygwin
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Larry Hall" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > > To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > > Cc: "Chuck Hamilton" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>
> > > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 10:56 AM
> > > Subject: Re: crontab error
> > >
> > >
> > > > It would also answer the question of whether or not his Cygwin DLL
> > > > is out of date. I would've sworn I posted this link to another like
> > > > query but I can't find it. Anyway, during a recent psychic trance
> > > > <mystical music seeps into the background>, I've been able to devine
> > > > the problem and thus post this link as the answer:
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-06/msg01402.html>
> > > >
> > > > There. Now we don't need the cygcheck output. But boy do those
> > > > psychic trances take allot out of you! Please don't make me do this
> > > > all the time.
> > > >
> > > > Larry
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > > > Chuck,
> > > > >
> > > > > Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files up to date? The output of
> > > > > "cygcheck -svr" (*attached*, as per
> <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>)
> > > > > should show whether this is the case.
> > > > > Igor
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >>Didn't even know I was addressing a mailing list. I posted
> originally to
> > > a
> > > > >>newsgroup. Anyway, here's the output.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>$ crontab -l
> > > > >>no crontab for isscha
> > > > >>
> > > > >>As I said in a previous post I haven't been able to create a
> crontab.
> > > When I
> > > > >>try I get a permissions error. See below.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>$ cat /tmp/crontab.1448
> > > > >>50 8 * * * ~isscha/bin/test.sh
> > > > >>
> > > > >>$ crontab /tmp/crontab.1448
> > > > >>chown: Invalid argument
> > > > >>$
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>----- Original Message -----
> > > > >>From: Harig, Mark A.
> > > > >>To: Chuck Hamilton
> > > > >>Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > > > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:43 PM
> > > > >>Subject: RE: crontab error
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Please address all replies to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Please send to the mailing list the following as attachments:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>1. The output of 'crontab -l' ("ell", not "one")
> > > > >>
> > > > >>2. The output of 'cygcheck -srv > cygcheck.txt'
> > > > >>
> > > > >>This information will help readers of the mailing list to
> > > > >>diagnose the problem that you are having.
> > > > >>-----Original Message-----
> > > > >>From: Chuck Hamilton [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net]
> > > > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:13 PM
> > > > >>To: Harig, Mark
> > > > >>Subject: Re: crontab error
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Here's what I get...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Your computer does not appear to have a crontab for isscha.
> > > > >>Please generate a crontab for isscha using 'crontab -e',
> > > > >>and run this script again.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>So I again try to generate a crontab with just a comment line in it
> and
> > > get
> > > > >>this...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>$ crontab -e
> > > > >>crontab: installing new crontab
> > > > >>chown: Invalid argument
> > > > >>crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.1660
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>----- Original Message -----
> > > > >>From: "Harig, Mark A." <maharig AT idirect DOT net>
> > > > >>To: "Chuck" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > > > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:06 PM
> > > > >>Subject: RE: crontab error
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Please run the attached script.
> > > > >>It will check some file permissions
> > > > >>and other details that need to be
> > > > >>set up properly in order for cron to
> > > > >>work. It does NOT change anything
> > > > >>on your computer, but only diagnoses.
> > > > >>You may need to run it several times
> > > > >>until it completes successfully (it
> > > > >>will stop any time it finds a problem
> > > > >>and report to you what problem needs
> > > > >>to be corrected).
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>-----Original Message-----
> > > > >>>From: Chuck [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net]
> > > > >>>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:27 AM
> > > > >>>To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > > > >>>Subject: crontab error
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>I need a little help getting cron to work. My apologies if
> > > > >>>this is answered
> > > > >>>somewhere else but I haven't been able to find it.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>I've installed cron as a win2k service using "cygrunsrv -I cron -p
> > > > >>>/usr/sbin/cron -a -D -d "Cygwin cron" -e "CYGWIN=tty ntsec" "
> > > > >>>as suggested
> > > > >>>in another post. When I try to start the service I get "Could
> > > > >>>not start the
> > > > >>>cygwin cron service on local computer. The service did not
> > > > >>>return an error.
> > > > >>>This could be an internal Windows error or an internal service
> error."
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>When I try to create a crontab file with "crontab -e" and
> > > > >>>save it I get the
> > > > >>>following error "chown: Invalid argument".
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>What do I need to do to fix these?
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