Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Reply-To:	Cygwin List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Message-Id:	<6.0.1.1.0.20040412180959.03aa9e80@127.0.0.1>
X-Sender:
Date:	Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:10:55 -0400
To:	"Sachar, Bradley (NIH/OD)" <SacharB AT OD DOT NIH DOT GOV>,
	"'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Unable to get CRON to work
In-Reply-To:	<3FAF4C075315FA4882BC2A9869A64F5699BAFA@nihexchange15.nih.g ov>
References:	<3FAF4C075315FA4882BC2A9869A64F5699BAFA AT nihexchange15 DOT nih DOT gov>
Mime-Version:	1.0

At 05:51 PM 4/12/2004, you wrote:
>Cygwin Support,
> 
>I have done a new installation of cygwin into the C:\cygwin folder.  CRON
>does not seem to be waking up and executing the crontab.  I have run the
>cron_diagnose.sh program and it told me to run a cygcheck.  Output from both
>are attached.
> 
>Any help would be appreciated.
>Thanks, 
>Brad Sachar 
>301 435-2408

Try:

* * * * * /bin/echo  "hi" > /cygdrive/h/test.txt

If that's still a problem, put 'test.txt' in a local directory.


--
Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746                     


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -