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Date:	Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:27:14 -0400
To:	"Marcos Rebelo" <marcos DOT rebelo AT edisoft DOT pt>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From:	Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Cron doesn't work
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At 08:25 AM 10/11/2004, you wrote:
>I have the cron installed, my crontab is:
>*/2 *   *   *   *   perl -e 'open(FILE,
>">/cygdrive/c/deleteMe.txt") or die $!; print FILE (time."\n");
>close(FILE)'
>
>but nothing is going on.


I suggest you start with something easier (like '/bin/echo "hello"'), 
always use full paths, search the email archives for cron problems and
solutions, and read and follow the advice at:

>Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html



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